Regular and Large print chart included
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Capture the sun, sea, and effortless elegance of a summer day with Walk on the Beach, a cross stitch pattern adapted from one of Joaquín Sorolla's most celebrated paintings.
Painted in Valencia in the summer of 1909, Paseo a la orilla del mar—often known in English as Walk on the Beach or Strolling along the Seashore—depicts Sorolla's wife, Clotilde, and their daughter María walking together at the water's edge. Dressed in flowing white gowns and broad-brimmed hats, the two women seem caught in a passing moment as the Mediterranean breeze lifts their dresses, veil, and parasol.
Sorolla was a master at capturing the effects of brilliant sunlight, reflected color, and movement. Here, broad strokes of blue, mauve, turquoise, rose, and warm sand form an almost abstract backdrop for the women's luminous white dresses. Even the unusual composition contributes to the sense of spontaneity: Clotilde's hat is cropped by the upper edge of the canvas, giving the painting the immediacy of a photograph.
The Museo Sorolla describes the scene as an example of the “elegant stroll,” a genre portraying fashionable, affluent figures enjoying the seashore. Yet Sorolla makes the scene distinctly personal by using members of his own family as his subjects.
Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (1863–1923) became renowned for his extraordinary ability to paint light, particularly the intense Mediterranean sunlight of his native Spain. His freely handled brushwork and fascination with light and color have often led him to be described as the “Spanish Impressionist,” although his distinctive style developed along its own path. The Museo Sorolla considers Strolling along the Seashore one of the artist's most representative and celebrated works.
With billowing white fabric, soft ocean blues, warm sand, and touches of lavender and rose, Walk on the Beach creates an elegant and rewarding project for stitchers who love Impressionist and Spanish art, seaside scenes, historic fashion, and the luminous paintings of Joaquín Sorolla.
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Design Size:
288w x 259h stitches
Types of Stitches:
Full stitches only, no half or quarter stitches, no backstitching
Level of Difficulty:
Advanced
Sewn Design Size:
14 count: 20.57 x 18.50 inches - 523mm x 470mm
18 count: 16.00 x 14.39 inches - 406mm x 365mm
20 count: 14.40 x 12.95 inches - 366mm x 329mm
22 count: 13.09 x 11.77 inches - 333mm x 299mm
Fabric size necessary for design:
Add six inches to both length and width
Number of floss colors in the design: 78 (DMC cotton floss) No blended colors.
