I guess there are lots of individuals who would look at this article's title, "Learning How to Bead," and write it off as silly. After all, there isn't 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 ready. How much more is there to say? What else is there to talk about?

The reality, 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'll want to know.

Learning how to bead involved learning in four basic areas. They might seem innocuous enough at first glance, but on closer examination, the inevitable conclusion is that there's much more to learning how to bead than first meets the eye.

The four basic "disciplines" you must get good at to truly learn how to bead are the following:

Mechanics

Patterning

Color Selection

Medium Selection/Mixing

We'll read through the particulars of these one-by-one as a means of putting you on the path to learning how to bead.

The first step in your "learn how to bead" education is mechanics. If you don't have the mechanics down, then the rest does not matter. Fortunately, from a mechanics standpoint, it truly is about as easy as stringing popcorn. If it can be done, then you've already gotten this aspect of learning how to bead down, but even here, there is some subtlety. Did you know, for instance, 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 merely want to tie a loose knot as a "bead brake" on the end of the line you're not working?

So even where the basic mechanics are involved, there's more to learning how to bead than you may first think. Undoubtedly, however, this is the simplest of the four disciplines to master.

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

Color selection is one part skill and the other part science. Art students discover more about complimentary and contrasting colors as a first course, and so are a leg up in this department, but there are several resources both online and off that will advise you through this field on your quest to learn how to bead. Don't think of saving here. Proper color selection can make or break your designs!

Finally, the last major aspect 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 combine cheap plastic with your semi-precious stones!) but even here there is some subtlety to be found.

Learning how to bead isn't rocket science, and getting a free beading project to practice with is dead easy. Anybody can do it, and with practice, do it nicely. Just remember that there's a bit more to it than stringing popcorn!

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