Needle Felting: Paint Portraits with Wool
Basic Techniques: Straight Lines
A course by Dani Ives , Artist, Educator, and Author
About the video: Basic Techniques: Straight Lines
Overview
“In this lesson, I’ll show you how to make even, straight lines. These can be used to create distinct fur textures and whiskers. ”
In this video lesson Dani Ives addresses the topic: Basic Techniques: Straight Lines , 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
“Basic Techniques: Straight Lines In this lesson, I'll teach you how to make even straight lines. These can be used to create distinct fur texture and whiskers. First, I'll show you how to make long lines using thin wool ropes. Grab your wool and start pulling it into a long rope. This will look fuzzy and messy at first, but we'll clean it up. I'll break off a little piece and start working with this. I twist the wool to determine about how wide the line will be. If you twist it and your line is too wide, gently pull the wool, stretch it apart a bit more to thin it out. You can keep twisting...”
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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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