1. Picture not centered: If the process of determining central point isn't noticed, the stitched picture is going to be lopsided. Therefore, it is of great importance to accurately find out the central point before starting out. 2. Chromatic aberration: This is quite often resulted by negligence. A...

1. Stitch: This skill includes needlework like thick and thin stitches. 2. Undo: It is usually used when a light color cannot perfectly cover the dark color on the canvas. 3. Split: Split one thread into 4 strands. 4. Twist: Twist strands of different colours to avoid loosening. 5. Mix: Reorgani...

1. Thick stitch: thick stitches are generally applied to a 10-mesh canvas (10 huge openings each inch). On the canvas with dual weft threads and double warp threads, each opening is counted as you stitch. This needlework could be further divided into two sub-categories: diagonal at the front, strai...

1. Design (picture and size): The theme of a needlepoint work is exposed to the meshes on a basis. As stitches have a tendency to shape zigzag lines, continuous and easy curves aren't very easily reproduced. A guideline is that paintings in elaborate designs are not the perfect blueprint for needlep...

Artwork (for appreciation): Techniques like splitting threads, reorganizing strands and blending shades are adopted. Coloration is complicated. Color gradation and hue are nuanced. Facial expressions are portrayed very carefully. They are generally used as beneficial gifts or adornments in important...

The giant piece of the Yangtze River (14.08-meter in length and 4.03-meter in  height) is so large that designers had to work at the same time on three six-meter-long metallic stretcher frames, and place them together later on. The outlines, colours, and design of the mountains had been readjus...

The gaint needlepoint artwork The Jinggang Mountain(figure 4-15) is 8.01 meters long, and 2.575 meters high, and is recently hung in Reception Hall 1 in the newly inaugurated Bayi Building. It is based on a Chinese painting masterpiece, Huangyangjie, by Wei Zixi,a prominent painter in Jiangsu Tradi...

From left to right, the five needlepoint artworks are as following: Ancient City of Pingyao (90 x90cm)/ Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui (53x170cm), Temple of Heaven (73*110cm), Potala palace (65 X 120cm) and Ancient City of Lijiang|117x100cm). (figure 4-14 ) These pieces were created by Shanghai...

The Huangpu River at Sunrise (figure 4-13) is about 8.04-meter in length and 3.19-meter in width, right now hung in Shanghai Hall of the Great Hall of the People, is on the basis of a computer generated picture. The warm tones of the tapestry tinted with minimal changes create a harmonious effect, f...

Night View of the Bund (figure 4-12), hung in the rest room of Shanghai Hall of the Great Hall of the People, is really a panoramic needlepoint work that delivers a snapshot of many architectural designs along the Bund, with the Huangpu River as a foreground. The work is about 1050 cm long and 150 c...

Night View of Victorian Bay (figure 4-11), measuring 8.3m long and 3.6m high, is on the basis of a photo taken by Ms. Wang Weiyu, professor of Tsinghua University and architect of Hong Kong Hall. Advanced needlepoint skills were fully employed to this artwork. By splitting thread and blending strand...

The section of Imperial Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang-Terra Cotta Warriors(figure 4-10) depicts pit No.1 of the Qin Shi Huang's terra cotta warriors, which really is a magnificent terra cotta troop prearranged in a stark rectangular form. The artwork delicately and vividly reproduced the warriors showi...

Wangshi Backyard, a classical backyard of Suzhou, is one of the best gardens in the southern of the Yangtze River, and a treasure of Chinese backyard artwork. The needle- point artwork Classical Gardens in Suzhou (figure 4-9), on the basis of this garden, is very elegant in composition, shiny in col...

Longmen Grottoes (figure 4-8) are a treasure of Chinese stone carving as well as a excellent chapter in the world's grotto artwork. The-merciful Locana Buddha was well pre-sented by way of various handicraft methods including splitting threads, blending strands, connecting colours, and using thick s...

The artwork Ancient City of Pingyao (figure 4-6) is simple in style, but abundant in layers and colours. It excelled in its usage of colors. To display the magnificence and the symmetric design, the antique architecture had been densely-colored showing a taste of antique. At the same time, the brigh...

The Great Wall, one of the Seven Wonders in the globe, is the foremost military defense in the ancient China. It embodies the spirit of the Chinese country. Jiankou Move of the Great Wall (figure 4-7) is grand and colourful, but elegant and organized , too. Its precise design and multiple layers com...