Painting wool as an art form

Paintings made of wool look so much like watercolors under glass that, only coming close, you can see that it's not paint. Painting with wool is gaining popularity every year. Master classes to create a pattern of wool by their own hands are carried out for adults and children.

Materials for work

In order to learn the technique of creating a picture of wool, you should prepare the necessary materials:

• Select a picture. If you are a beginner, it is better to start with the simplest pictures. You can buy a ready-made set for beginners and start with it. It is important that painting with hair is a pleasure, but not an irresistible process.
• Wool needed colors.
• Frame with glass.
• Tweezers, scissors and fabric for the substrate. It can be flannel or fleece.

Depending on the image, silk threads, felt and fluff can also be used for a dry wool picture, and velvet paper is suitable for a substrate if there is no flannel at hand.

An important factor for beginners is a timely rest. An unfamiliar technique quickly leads to fatigue, and the picture can turn out sloppy and "kosobokoy" for a simple reason "zamylennogo" eyes.

Paintings made of wool - technique of execution

Paintings made of wool by their own hands can be made even by a man who knows nothing about painting. To do this, you do not have to be able to draw and master the techniques of mixing colors. Painting with wool, the master class on which usually begins with simple actions, is as follows:

• We cut the substrate from the flannel or velvet paper to the size of the frame with the glass.
• The prepared fabric should be glued on the substrate with adhesive, so that it is well fixed.
• Since painting with wool begins with the creation of a background, it should be well considered. Most often for this use thin strands of wool from the main skeins, which can be combined into interesting combinations, creating a background of any shade. If you recreate the picture of a great artist, it is better to stick to the original colors.
• We lay strands on each other, so that there are overflows of flowers. This creates an amazing effect.
• The next part is to create a foreground picture. For small parts, it is necessary to cut the wool in small pieces over a table or paper.
• Using tweezers, we put the cut wool according to the drawing.

It is important to remember that every new layer should be checked for volume and thickness, pressing the picture with glass. Since the wool has a volume, the glass presses it, and it can "spread" around, smearing the contours of the pattern beyond recognition.

Methods of laying out wool

Depending on what effect you need to get, painting with wool (the master class confirms this) makes it possible for every artist to choose the technique according to his preferences:

• Drawing the fibers allows you to quickly and easily create a background, which is made of longer filaments more smooth.
• Plucking of yarns is suitable for creating "air" details, for example, clouds, snow and fluff. This gives the picture a weightlessness and lightness.
• Tearing off fibers or cutting them is suitable for small volume parts, where they can be stacked in a "pile" or in bulk.

Each technique creates its own unique image. Considering the variety of colors of wool offered in the shops for needlework, you can create new unique masterpieces every day.

Painting with dry wool

One of the most important moments that a beginner "woolly" artist should learn is blending colors. As in the drawing lessons are taught to mix colors, you can mix the wool. To do this, you need to pinch the fibers of the wool of different colors and "roll" them in the fingers and palms.

You can also layer one color to another, but in this technique you should know the measure, since too much layer will lose its shape under the glass and the perception of the picture will be incorrect.

To study painting with wool, you do not have to be able to draw. If it is difficult for you to transfer the outline of the pattern to the substrate, then use the printed image as the base on which the layer behind the layer of wool is applied.

This technique is available even to those who think that they can not do anything with their hands. Simple movements are easily given even to the smallest artists who need to develop the motor skills of their hands.

Usually one hour from dry wool takes 3 hours, but it may take more time to use it. Everything depends, first of all, on the size of the artistic "canvas". A 20 x 20 picture can be finished in 1.5-2 hours, and a larger canvas requires more effort.

Select a frame and picture

When buying a frame for a picture, make sure that it is folding, and the back side of it is very well clamped. Considering that the paintings of dry hair are sufficiently voluminous, it is necessary that the wool does not "climb out" beyond the edges of the frame due to weak clamps.

Always relate the size of the picture to the selected frame so that you do not have to fill the voids or, on the contrary, squeeze the finished picture into a narrow space.

For beginners, colors best suited best, especially large ones. While the hand will be "stuffed", it is better to do the work without small parts or with a limited amount.

After the end of work, the glass of the frame must be wiped off, it is possible with alcohol to make it completely transparent. The beauty and shine of the colors of the finished "canvas" largely depends on how it looks from the frame.

Tips for Beginners Painters wool

Always carefully select the shades of wool for the selected pattern. If you still feel bad color, then the first few works can be done using ready-made sets for painting with wool.

They will help start in a new business for you and enjoy the process itself. This is not only a calming kind of art, but also developing the creative abilities of everyone who wants it.