Cool-Toned Portrait Girl with Cyan Eyes
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The human face, particularly the female face, has been a central subject in portrait art for millennia, celebrated across cultures for its ability to convey emotion, identity, and inner life. The eyes—here rendered in cool cyan tones—have long held symbolic power in visual traditions, often representing the soul or the window to one's thoughts and feelings.
- Stitch count: 100 x 100
- 37 colors in the palette
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100 x 100 stitches 37 colors
Pattern description
This 100×100 stitch design captures a contemplative female portrait rendered in a striking cool palette of 37 DMC thread colors. The pixelated cross-stitch medium lends a dreamlike quality to the face, with subtle gradations of cream, lavender, and silver creating soft dimensionality across the cheeks and forehead, while cyan-blue eyes pierce through the composition with piercing luminosity.
Advanced stitchers will appreciate the sophisticated color blending required to achieve this portrait's nuanced skin tones and the delicate shading that defines the lips in deep rose. The cool color scheme—dominated by blues, teals, and pearl tones against a dark background—demands careful thread selection and patient execution. Worked on Aida fabric with the provided DMC color chart, this piece rewards meticulous needlework with a gallery-quality result suitable for framing or display in a contemporary home setting.
Material Type: Aida Generic White
Sewing Count: 14/inch or 55/100mm
Design Size: 100 x 100 stitches
Sewn Design Size: 7.1 x 7.1 inches or 181 x 181 mm
Suggested Material Size: 13 x 13 inches or 331 x 331 mm
Stitch Style: Cross-stitch Using 2 strands
