Carole Lake went home today after teaching St. Basil's for six days (three days per session). It was really a fantastic class. In addition to the beautiful design, Carole talked about how to give a sense of perspective to canvases with buildings. Needless to say, those same tips can be applied to other subjects. Carole is very comfortable with encouraging her students to deviate from her stitch guide and her own stitched canvas. So during class, student often picked slightly different threads for the domes and other areas, too. It was fun to watch as the participants chose different threads. In addition, on the beautiful yellow dome, some stitchers chose to go with a less random stitch. But Carole pushed everyone to go beyond their comfort range. It will be interesting to see how the finished canvases differ from each other. I selected the canvas because you can actually see the needlepoint design coming to life. If you get a chance to take a class with Carole, do it!
