Needle Felting: Paint Portraits with Wool
Needle Felt the Eyes
A course by Dani Ives , Artist, Educator, and Author
About the video: Needle Felt the Eyes
Overview
“In this lesson, you’ll start needle felting. I’ll show you my process for creating realistic animal eyes that sparkle. I’ll also talk about why I always start with the eyes first in my portraits. ”
In this video lesson Dani Ives addresses the topic: Needle Felt the Eyes, 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
“Needle Felt the Eyes In this lesson, I'll show you my process for needle felting eyes. I have all the colors I'll be using for the fox's iris and the surrounding fur, right here. Feel free to experiment and play around with whatever wool colors you'd like. But if you'd like to do what I've done, I've listed these wool colors in the resources section. I'll start by filling in the fox's iris and then moving outward to fill in the fox's fur around the eye. For the iris, I want to mix a couple of colors. I'll use a bit of the Cinnamon color and a bit of Log Cabin. I'll start mixing now. I like ...”
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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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