🐑 Pictures of wool: a workshop for beginners

For lovers crafts there are plenty of options for creativity. These masterpieces can be created from strips of paper beads. Of wool, you can create true works of art. And it can be done with the children, helping them to develop skills and imagination. The theme of this material from HouseShief edition - practical advice on how to make the picture of wool.

What you need to work with wool

To create a woolen pictures you do not need any special skills or any specific tools. Most of what you need, you can find at home. And everything that is not enough - in the usual supermarket.

What will it take for the first operation:

1. Frame. You can make it yourself, but then you will distract from the main process. To start buy something expensive, for example, in the Fix Price.
2. The fabric for the base - viscose or interlining. The flap should be carefully ironed and cut to fit the frame.
3. Tweezers. Better to use tweezers with fine tips, but for a first job goes well and the most common of manicure sets.
4. Clips or clamps for fixing the material during operation and sharp scissors can be small.
5. glue stick - it does not leave any marks when dry. Later, when you type the experience, you can use another glue for creativity.
6. Iron multi-temperature and ironed paper sheet.
7. The printed imageThat you want to repeat in the picture.

How to choose a coat for

Felting wool - a technique which can be used not only to make panels and paintingsBut also to produce toys, clothes and even shoes.

In each case, it is important to choose the right raw material to work with. If you make a painting, that can have the following options:

• Sliver - without axial soft wool fibers;
• merino - "twisted" hair with curls and homogeneous structure;
• snowy New Zealand - a fibrous material, which can work even allergies;
• mohair - a wool with long fibers and silky structure;
• kardochosannaya wool - very soft and thin, it takes the appearance of watercolor pattern;
• Trinity wool - a little coarse, but very bright, more suitable for toys, but the paintings mimics strokes oil;
• Semyonovskaya - it has a rich color scheme.

If you are just starting work in this technique, surpassing what was left in my grandmother's trunk.

Here are some techniques on how to prepare the fiber for use:

pull method

If you have a twisted thread, before you start you need to cut it into pieces with a length of 10-15 cm and untwist them. The warp is removed and there is only a natural fiber. Further, holding his left hand a bundle, you need to gently pull the fiber right.

All work is carried out by pulling effortlessly. Only in this way will turn out smooth and long locks.

Methods of tweaking

Plucking the hair into small pieces gives a completely different effect: turn small lumps, bulky and fluffy. These small details easily make smooth transitions between the primary colors.

Lumps after plucking can be stretched, making a cobweb to make subtle transition.

Nastriganie fibers

Some strokes on the painting should be clearly delineated. To this effect nastrigayut fiber directly to the place where it should be in a result. You can slightly improve "smears" tweezers.

Mixing different colors

To obtain a volumetric image, you need to mix fibers of different colors. They may be applied alone to the other and mixed until the desired effect.

Practical tips for working with wool

Never hurry. That's the beauty of creation. Working with natural materials like meditation, when each part must find its place and perfectly fit into the overall concept. Take breaks, they will help to look at the results of the work with fresh eyes.

It is better if you have a sketch of the finished picture. This can be reproduction or your own drawing, a picture on a tablet or phone.

All apply to the picture window. It is the kiss of fiber and show all the flaws. You can compare the result with the sketch and notice all the little details that can still be corrected.

Remember that with tweezers is easy to fix, even if you have imposed too much fiber or sent him the wrong way. You can even remove the entire layer and shift it again. That's the plus technology in comparison with paints. But do not abuse this opportunity, otherwise the picture will turn into chaos.

If you make a break in the work, cover with a cloth or a picture of her bundle the clips. During this time, a little wool otlezhus and take a very different kind.

Phased master class on creating paintings

Let's look at the whole process into steps, to better represent all the technology:

Illustration	Description of the action
	Prepare the base. Sliver is better to use Non-woven.
	Start fibers spread from the horizon line, by using darker shades.
	Different shades of blue shape sky and snowdrifts.
	Do not be afraid to mix fiber. Add a little yellow, turquoise and white. Thin webs will lay down clear strokes.
	Mix green, black and blue. And by nastriganiya mark the Christmas trees in the background.
	To simulate snow on the branches of shearing white fibers. To do this, fit small pieces of wool.
	Larger pieces of shorn wool form the roofs of houses. Small windows can be made from bright - yellow material.
	In the foreground is possible "to establish" another tree. To use the method of manufacturing nastriganiya and coat of green, black, blue and white colors.
	The final touch - small stretches of white, like the snow falling.

As you can see, there is nothing difficult, but the result is simply stunning. It remains only to put all this under the glass and draw frame.

Video master - classes

We showed you the master - class on painting the landscape. With this technique you can do and still lifes, and portraits. Here is an example of a master - class on drawing flowers:

Painting hair is obtained as thin and delicate watercolors. But the more the images look very good animals, especially fluffy. See how it's done:

Gallery works for your inspiration

wool Drawing - a fascinating process that will bring you great pleasure. With some experience, you can create true works of art that can be profitably implemented at fairs crafts.

Here is a small collection of finished works. Perhaps they will help you choose a certain style and story:

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Have you tried to paint hair? If so, share your experience in the comments.