Needle Felting: Paint Portraits with Wool
Influences
A course by Dani Ives , Artist, Educator, and Author
About the video: Influences
Overview
“In this lesson, I will share some of my favorite experiences and activities that influence my work. You’ll also learn about artists and other people that have inspired me as a person and artist. ”
In this video lesson Dani Ives addresses the topic: Influences , which is part of the Domestika online course: Needle Felting: Paint Portraits with Wool. Create highly detailed animal portraits that capture the story of your subject using needle felting techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“Influences In this lesson, I'll share some things that influence my work. My education and background in biology has played a huge role in the art I create. It has helped me learn how to observe my subjects and create realistic detail. Learning some biology details like bone and muscle structure and feather growth pattern, for example, are tools that can be useful when making art in any medium. Birdwatching is an activity that inspires my work, I have multiple bird feeders set out on my deck and a camera nearby. Whenever a bird comes along that I want to take a photo of and use for a refere...”
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Course summary for: Needle Felting: Paint Portraits with Wool
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Arts & Crafts, Fiber Arts, Naturalistic Illustration, Needle Felting, Textile Design
Dani Ives
A course by Dani Ives
Dani Ives is an American fiber artist, educator and author. The heart of her work comes from her love for animals and nature. At university, she pursued a degree in biology, which led her to become an animal and environmental conservation educator. After being introduced to needle felting by a conservation colleague in 2010, she fell in love with the craft and started sharing her artwork online. She soon grew a huge online following, with over 116K followers on Instagram, and by 2015, she dedicated herself full-time to needle felting.
In 2019, she published her first book, Painting with Wool: Sixteen Artful Projects to Needle Felt. Her artwork has been featured in exhibitions throughout the United States, and at a solo exhibition in the Historic Arkansas Museum. In addition to her online shop and commissioned work, she also teaches workshops on needle felting.
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