Needle Felting: Paint Portraits with Wool
Supplies and Practice
A course by Dani Ives , Artist, Educator, and Author
About the video: Supplies and Practice
Overview
“In this lesson, I will introduce you to the supplies you’ll be using to create your final project. I'll talk you through the materials that I think are best for beginners and offer good results when creating detailed needle felted pieces. ”
In this video lesson Dani Ives addresses the topic: Supplies and Practice, 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
“Supplies and Practice As you know more about me and my influences, in this lesson, I’ll share the supplies needed to finish your final project. I'll also show you the basic techniques needed to start. The first thing you need when starting 2D needle felted portraits is a work surface. I use needle felting foam because it's my preference for getting nice, detailed portraits. You'll also need a background fabric for your needle felted portrait. I use 100% wool felt. It's beginner-friendly and mine is 1 mm thick. I'll use this white piece of felt for our practice and technique demonstrations, ...”
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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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