Main Bead Embroidery Kit Evening cafe

“Evening cafe” is a beaded take on Van Gogh’s famous night scene: a café terrace flooded with light under a yellow awning, and a starry sky above a narrow street. The piece is vertical and densely coloured.

What the picture shows

The left half of the canvas belongs to the terrace: the yellow awning, the warm glow of a lamp, tables and chairs, a few figures seated at them. On the right the street runs into the distance past dark façades with red shutters and a lit shop window, while a deep blue sky with large yellow stars opens up above. The cobblestones are worked in small multicoloured strokes — green, ochre, blue — and they fill the entire lower third of the picture. Beads cover the awning, the stars, the lamps and the pavement, while the painted walls and tree crown stay as print, which is why the light on the terrace looks so bright. Sixteen colours hold the contrast between the cold night sky and the warm yellow lamplight.

What is in the kit

• Artist canvas with the full-colour pattern printed on it — no chart to follow on a screen
• Czech Preciosa beads, 16 colours
• Beading needles
• Instructions and finishing guide

Specifications

• Finished size: 320×450 mm (12.5×17.7 in)
• Beads: approx. 11,302
• Bead colours: 16
• Difficulty: medium
• Base: artist canvas

The vertical 320 by 450 mm format works well in a narrow wall space, in a kitchen or a dining room. With more than eleven thousand beads this is not a one-evening project, but the drawing is clear throughout. Gallery finishing is possible, with no frame or mount needed.