Purple and Yellow Irises
Purple and Yellow Irises
About This Work
A vertical stalk of irises blends deep purple and creamy-yellow ruffled petals with slender buds and blade-like green leaves. Soft long-and-short shading gives the blooms a realistic, painterly quality.
Stitch Technique: Needle-Painting (Long-and-Short)
Long-and-short stitches blended to create painterly, graduated shading on petals and plumage.
View all Needle-Painting (Long-and-Short) works βSchool & Origin: Su-Style
Su-style embroidery (Suzhou tradition), prized for fine, realistic shading of flowers, birds, and insects. Used here as the style family for the realistic floral and nature pieces in this collection.
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