![Puppy Love | Deborah Wirsu | Thread Sketching in Action | online thread sketching and thread painting education](https://threadsketchinginaction.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Puppy-Love-medium-1024x768.jpg)
Our beloved pets are perennial favourites when it comes to subject-matter for our creative work.
And reproducing a likeness of our furry, feathered, ( or any other type of ‘coat’) friends in photo-realistic style using free machine thread painting is a little ‘project’ I’m working on at the moment.
This gorgeous little Beagle pup – fast asleep – shows how a ‘realistic’ likeness can be captured using machine thread painting.
Now, this piece, I have to admit, was rather fiddly, as it’s quite tiny, measuring just 4.5″ wide!
Sixteen shades of thread were used to create it. I had hoped to get away with using less, given the size of the piece, but in the end I simply couldn’t settle for a shade that wasn’t ‘just right’.
What I never ceased to be amazed by is the range of colours that are used in a thread painting like this. At first glance, the puppy appears to be basically brown and white. And yet, blues and green and greys are also included.
![Puppy Love (detail) | Deborah Wirsu | Thread Sketching in Action | online thread sketching and thread painting education](https://threadsketchinginaction.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Puppy-Love-detail-300x297.jpg)
Sadly, this delightful pup (the ‘live’ version) is not mine – but I would happily take him on!
The piece is worked using free motion zigzag stitch.
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