I guess there are many people who would read this article's title, "Learning How to Bead," and write it off as absurd. In fact, there's not much more to the mechanics of beading than there is to stringing popcorn to place 'round the Xmas Tree, right? That, and a free beading project to work on, and you're all set. What more is there to say? What else can there be to discuss?

The truth, however, is that there is a fair bit more to learning how to bead than just stringing popcorn, and this content will have a closer look at what else you should learn.

Learning how to bead involved learning in four primary aspects. They may seem innocuous enough at first glance, but on closer examination, the inescapable conclusion is that there's a lot more to learning how to bead than first meets the eye.

The four essential "disciplines" you have to master to truly learn how to bead are the following:

Mechanics

Patterning

Color Selection

Medium Selection/Mixing

We'll read through the particulars of these individually as a way of putting you on the path to learning how to bead.

The initial step in your "learn how to bead" training is mechanics. If you don't have the mechanics down, then the rest is irrelevant. Fortunately, from a mechanics standpoint, it truly is about as easy as stringing popcorn. If you can do that, then you've already gotten this feature of learning how to bead down, but even here, there is some seductively. Were you aware, for example, that when stringing pearls, you want to tie a knot on either side of the stone to avoid potential damage caused by the stones rubbing against one another? Or that there are times when you only have to tie a loose knot as a "bead brake" on the end of the line you're not beading?

Thus even where the basic mechanics are concerned, there's more to learning how to bead than you may first think. Certainly, however, this is the easiest of the four aspects to master.

The next field you need to wrap your brain around in learning how to bead is the notion of patterning. Whole books could (and have) been published on this topic, and once you really get into it and start learning it, you'll quickly discover that of all of the fields, this one is the most intricate and involved. Definitely the one you'll spend the most time on when learning how to bead.

Color selection is one part skill and another part science. Art students learn about complimentary and different colors as a first course, and so are a leg up in this section, however there are plenty of resources both online and off that will advise you through this field on your quest to learn how to bead. Don't sacrifice quality here. Proper color selection could make or break your designs!

Lastly, the last main discipline to master in learning how to bead is medium selection and the proper mixing of mediums. This is mostly a practical, good sense discipline (ie., don't mix lower quality plastic with your semi-precious stones!) but even here there is some subtlety to be found.

Mastering how to bead isn't too difficult, and finding a free beading project to practice with is dead easy. Anybody can do it, and with practice, do it nicely. Just keep in mind that there's much more to it than stringing popcorn!

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