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The Four Essential Aspects That You Need To Get Better At To Truly Learn How To Bead
I suppose there are lots of individuals who would read this article's title, "Learning How to Bead," and write it off as silly. In fact, there isn't much more to the mechanics of beading than there is to stringing snacks to put 'round the Xmas Tree, right? That, and a free beading project to work on, and you're ready. What more is there to say? What else is there to discuss?
The reality, however, is that there is a fair bit more to learning how to bead than simply stringing popcorn, and this article will have a closer look at what else you should learn.
Learning how to bead involved learning in four basic aspects. They might seem innocuous enough at first, but upon closer examination, the inevitable conclusion is that there's a lot more to learning how to bead than first meets the eye.
The four basic "disciplines" you have to get good at to truly know how to bead are as follows:
Mechanics
Patterning
Color Selection
Medium Selection/Mixing
We'll read through the particulars of these individually as a way of putting you on the path to learning how to bead.
The first step in your "learn how to bead" training is mechanics. If you don't have the mechanics down, then the rest does not matter. Fortunately, from a mechanics viewpoint, it really is about as easy as stringing popcorn. If it can be done, then you've already gotten this feature of learning how to bead down, but even here, there is some subtlety. Were you aware, for instance, that when stringing pearls, you want to tie a knot on each side of the stone to prevent potential damage caused by the stones rubbing against one another? Or that there are times when you merely have to tie a loose knot as a "bead brake" on the end of the line you're not working?
Thus even where the basic mechanics are involved, there's more to learning the way to bead than you might first think. Undoubtedly, however, this is the simplest of the four aspects to master.
The next discipline you need to wrap your brain around in mastering how to bead is the notion of patterning. Complete books can (and have) been published on this subject, and once you really get into it and start learning it, you'll quickly discover that of all the fields, this one is the most complex and involved. Definitely the one you'll devote the most time on when learning how to bead.
Color selection is one part art and the other part science. Art students discover more about complimentary and different colors as a first course, and so are a leg up in this department, however there are many resources both online and off which will guide you through this field on your quest to learn how to bead. Don't sacrifice quality here. Proper color selection could make or break your designs!
Finally, the last main aspect to master in learning how to bead is medium selection and the proper mixing of mediums. This is often a practical, common sense discipline (ie., don't combine lower quality plastic with your semi-precious stones!) but even here there is some subtlety to be found.
Learning how to bead isn't too difficult, and getting a free beading project to practice with is dead simple. Anyone can do it, and with practice, do it nicely. Just keep in mind that there's much more to it than stringing popcorn!
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