Felting pictures from wool: an original piece of home decor. simple wool painting wet felting landscape

Felting, or as it is also called felting, felting is a special kind of needlework, along with embroidery. With the help of wool, craftswomen create delightful unique paintings, toys and crafts. It is not at all difficult to make such a craft with your own hands, because now needlework is widespread, and in stores you can find a wide variety of ready-made kits for creating paintings. There are 2 ways to make crafts. In this article, we will talk about what felting is, and what kind of pictures can turn out, depending on the chosen needlework method.

Pictures made by felting wool are very airy and warm.

Felting pictures: types

At the moment, there are several types of this type of needlework - dry and wet. In the first case, paintings and other crafts are created using a special felting needle. The dry wool is pierced many times to get the right texture and pattern.

In this case, the wool falls off, its fibers are fastened to each other, as a result, a homogeneous material is obtained.

During wet felting, wool is felted using a special solution or ordinary soap. To make a craft in this way, you must first lay out the wool, then apply the solution, and felt the wool using friction. Then the finished product dries, resulting in an unusual and very beautiful picture.

The classic wet felting technique involves the use of soap and hot water.

It is this type of felting that is most often used to create flat products, for example:

Paintings;
panel;
Decoration of clothes and fabrics.

Dry felting is best suited for making toys, jewelry and various figurines. Of course, different types of felting will require a variety of materials. For a dry look, you will need to purchase wool directly, a special serif needle so that the wool can interlock with each other and create the desired texture. In another case, you will need to create or find a ready-made solution for felting.

Merino wool is the most popular and easy to use wool, it is often called combed tape. It may vary in its thickness and texture. At the same time, ordinary cotton wool, wool for stuffing, making crafts from felt, as well as synthetic winterizer, sliver, silk and other decorative threads for decoration are also suitable for felting. Ordinary yarn will not work, like ordinary threads, only wool is needed.

Dry felting paintings: master class

To create a unique picture with your own hands, you will need not so many tools and materials. For beginners, the dry felting master class by Nadezhda Ganyukova looks simple.

Namely:

The first step is to purchase a special needle;
Then prepare the wool of various colors;
Take foam rubber of medium thickness;
Choose a picture and get to work.

The dry felting method produces more voluminous products, and the colors remain bright and uniform.

Merino wool or carded wool is best for creating a picture. Needles can be both with triangular and star-shaped notches. The order of work is simple. The wool is superimposed on a piece of foam rubber, take a needle and start to tangle the wool with it, you can make a substrate from a synthetic winterizer, and then cover it with wool. As you work, you can change the needle to a thicker or thinner one to work out certain details. Also change coat color. You should know some of the nuances while working with wool and a needle. The felting needle is very sharp, so you need to work very carefully and carefully and hold the tool at a right angle to the craft.

If, as you work, it is clear that there is not enough wool, you can add more and hide the flaws in this way.

Dry felting makes toys better than paintings, they look too clear, sharp, it is ideal to use wet felting to create canvases.

Wet felting from wool paintings: stages

Another type of felting - wet felting, is felting with a soap solution or ordinary liquid soap. Gauze is also used, on which wool is laid according to the pattern. As a fixing solution, you can use the finished composition.

The composition can be prepared with your own hands at home according to a specific recipe.

2 pieces of any soap are rubbed on a grater, the finished shavings must be poured with a couple of liters of boiling water and mixed well, left for 1-2 hours so that the mixture becomes thick enough. After that, you need to prepare a place where the work will be performed. Suitable for any flat surface, be it a table or the floor. It is better to put something under the future picture.

With the help of wet felting, modern and unique works are obtained, which will be a wonderful gift for relatives and friends.

Stages:

You need to put gauze on the surface, and on it - the base and the necessary pattern.
Wool lay out in the form of a cross and stripes, holes and bald spots should be avoided, the layers should lie at right angles to each other, and also have the same thickness.
You should lay out the base first, then the background and the drawing itself.
When there is already an idea of the future picture, and the blank has already been laid out, the wool is sprinkled with water, covered with a thin cloth, preferably nylon, and liberally smeared with a soapy composition. Excess should be blotted with a napkin.
And finally, directly felting - the wet method consists in using friction from side to side to create the desired texture and volume of wool.

You can also felt wool in machine technology using a washing machine, but this method is not very convenient. In the end, you can create a lot of paintings and canvases that are very different in their color schemes and techniques.

Sets for beautiful felting paintings

If you have no experience in buying wool for felting, you can come to any needlework store and pick up a kit already assembled by professionals for making the most different paintings. The main advantage of this type of creativity is the inability to get dirty - after all, to create a product, you only need wool and a needle or soap, depending on the chosen style of work. Ready-made kits may include different volumes of wool, needles of various sizes, a special solution for wet equipment.

The advantage of ready-made kits is that after creating one picture, the needles and composition remain, and you can work with them more than once, so after the first picture it is not necessary to purchase a set again - you can try to pick up the wool yourself.

Felting kits are best for beginners, because few people can immediately come up with ideas for future work.

Manufacturers of goods for needlework came up with drawings of different degrees of complexity. For example, nature and the sky are the simplest and ideal for beginners, animals and flowers (cat, poppies, bullfinch) are more difficult and better suited for already experienced craftsmen, people and reproductions famous paintings– it is necessary to choose already professionals of business.

Sets usually include:

Sheep wool dyed, the number of colors depends on the pattern;
Wooden frame for the finished product;
The lining is fabric.

Wet felting paintings (video)

Each set comes with step by step instructions. Wool and tools after work can remain, which allows them to be reused. However, dry felting is not suitable for children - working with a needle is very dangerous for a small child. The resulting paintings will please creative individuals and will be a wonderful decoration for your home.

Wool painting. Master class "Polyushko-field".

Fomicheva Natalia Albertovna, educator, MDOU kindergarten general developing species No. 30 "Teremok", the city of Rybinsk, Yaroslavl region.
Description: This master class will be useful for teachers preschool education and parents. It is intended for children of the senior preschool and school age.
Target: the formation of children's skills in using colored wool to create paintings.
Tasks:
- to acquaint children with wool, its texture, a variety of color palettes;
- introduce the features, techniques and subtleties of working with wool when creating an image;
- develop imagination, creative initiative and fine motor skills of hands;
- to form interest in art activities;
- evoke an emotional response and a desire to capture the beauty of nature;
- to cultivate love for nature, ecological culture;
- to cultivate independence and accuracy in the performance of work.

Materials:
small glass frame
fleece to frame size
nail scissors
tweezers
Polish for hair
colored wool for needlework

Before starting work, invite the children to think about:
flower in the meadow
I broke on the run.
Tore off,
What for -
I can't explain.
In glass
He stood for a day - and wilted.
And how much would he
Did you stand in the meadow?

Tired of the city, people leave to relax in nature. To the forest, to the lake, to the clearing...
What a beauty all around! You can not compare with the urban landscape!
Juicy greenery, colorful flowers... And the hands themselves reach out to pick and take away with them a piece of this unique bliss. The townspeople do not think that they violate the very essence of the amazing natural harmony.
A bouquet of wild flowers withers very, very quickly. You will have time to rip it off, but you won’t have to stop looking. Thin stems wither almost instantly.
But in the clearings, lawns, copses, these flowers create unique carpet patterns. Yes, those from which the heart and soul becomes warmer and happier. They bloom almost all summer without ceasing. So let's protect the beauty of wildlife together!

Wildflowers… Wildflowers…
Cornflowers and daisies in the meadows...
Bright blue and light blue
On the endless Russian fields.

How much tenderness, brightness, light
You keep in yourself on a summer day ...
You are warmed by the warm sun in spring,
And washed by the autumn rain ...

Decorated with rainbow paint
Snow coat, covered in winter.
Mother - Earth gave you to drink caress,
Awarded with heavenly beauty.

Wildflowers… Wildflowers…
Do not compare you to a garden flower.
You warmed my soul, folks!
You settled in my heart!
Tatyana Lavrova

To capture the wonderful fields and meadows in our time, a camera or video camera is enough.
We will try to do without these technical means. Let's draw a picture with an unusual material - colored wool.

Progress:
We take out the cardboard base-substrate from the frame.

We turn it over and place it on a suitable piece of fleece or light plain flannel. The fabric can be replaced with a regular viscose cloth, which is intended for cleaning.

Carefully cut off the excess fabric around the perimeter of the cardboard.

Drawing with wool is an entertaining process. The main thing is to initially imagine what exactly you intend to portray. The rest, as they say, is a matter of technique. Technology is available even to preschoolers.
A small piece is removed from the skein of wool with a slight movement. It should be of such size and density as a stroke would be when drawing with paints. Such woolen "strokes" can be layered on top of each other, mixed until the desired shade is obtained.
For work, it is desirable to have a large selection of "wool paints". The more similar shades, the more interesting the work and its final version will be.

So, we begin to draw with wool.
First, we lay out a pale sun spot with white and light yellow wool.

Then around we shade with heavenly shades.

In order for the sun to take on a rounded appearance, we cut off the edge of one of the woolen shreds with nail scissors. We do this with a concave line.

We impose on a sun spot so that the outlines of the sun become brighter.

We perform a similar procedure on the other side.

We add colors, depicting the endless sky.

If necessary, we correct the contour of the sun with the help of nail scissors and light wool.

With light wool strokes we set the direction of field herbs.

The tone of the sky and the edge of the field should be the same. That is, merge at the horizon.

With a light twist, we form the stalks of herbs.

Thicken the color in the foreground.

Now twisting add herbs of a different color.

Increasing the color saturation along the edge of the landscape. We put the wool all the time in the initially given direction.

We add diversity. We stretch the stems above the horizon.

We are finishing up the grass cover.

For the image of daisies, we need scissors, tweezers and hairspray.
With scissors we cut a twisted yellow woolen thread. We distribute throughout the field. With tweezers, lay out chopped white petals around the yellow centers. With the help of varnish we fix their place.

For the image of cornflowers, you can use cornflower blue wool. I didn't have one like that. And I replaced it with a floss thread folded several times.

We form sepals by twisting small lumps of wool.

Painting with wool is another fascinating and very creative look. visual arts. It is becoming more and more popular, and now workshops on hand-made paintings are appearing on the Web, creative schools are opening, and needlework circles are introducing this type of creativity into their program. We will not lag behind fashion trends and try to join the creation of paintings using colored wool.

Wool painting "Winter evening"

This MK is designed for beginners, for everyone who wants to get acquainted with the technique of felting pictures, so anyone who has a sufficient amount of perseverance and patience can cope with the work.

To create this picture we need:

combed wool tape, colors: white, blue, dark blue, sky blue, turquoise, dark brown, brown, yellow, orange, red;
interlining 18 * 24 cm for the substrate;
scissors;
tweezers;
picture frame;
glass.

We fix each stage, leaving the work with sweat glass. However, this applies only to "dry" technology: wet felting does not require such fastening.

1. Pulling strands of wool from the tape, we cover the surface of the substrate with them. We lay them in different directions, the ends of the threads should extend to the limits of the interlining by 1-2 cm. Having attached the glass, we cut off the excess.

2. Pinching wool, we form cotton wool for work. We create a background in layers, stacking from a dark shade to a light one. We control the quality of laying the material, still applying glass.

3. We create snowdrifts with the help of white strands laid parallel to the horizon. This technique can often be seen when looking at landscapes made of wool.

4. Pull out the strands from the dark blue ribbon and twist them a little. Thus we draw silhouettes of trees.

5. Add white wool trees.

6. We collect a fluffy woolen mass and, giving the desired shape, we thus make the crown of the tree.

7. With a thin ring of wool we designate the contour of the moon. We fill it with woolen fluff, cut as small as possible. Wool paintings for beginners often use this technique.

8. We cut and lay the wool for the house from dark brown and brown wool. Note that the part on the right is darker than the left.

9. We “make” a roof for a house from a dense white strand, carefully wielding scissors. Here you need to consider the direction of the fibers.

10. We close the lower part of the house with snowdrifts, made invariably of white wool.

11. We continue felting. We cut out the windows, add the thinnest strands of turquoise and blue to the snow. A few of them should get on the roof.

12. Let's add light pouring from the windows with yellow, orange and red strands. They should overlap the house a little, which is why the windows will need to be clarified: we cut the fluff again and lay it with tweezers.

13. We muffle bright colors with translucent white strands. We see the result in the photo. Let's add picturesqueness with the help of turquoise fibers placed on the trees and along the horizon.

The picture is ready! It remains to cover it with clean glass.

1. Try to apply glass to the painting as often as possible. The end result of the work will be located under the glass, so it will serve as an indicator of the correct laying of the layers, their density, and the size of the parts.

2. Warm pictures are easy to fix. The work is done in layers, so the wrong layer can simply be carefully removed. However, do not get too carried away with this - the picture will lose its freshness.

3. If you put off work to finish it later, cover it with glass. Work will become much more comfortable when the picture is "rested" under pressure.

Ideas for creativity

The paintings of the famous craftswoman Nina Mazyreva attract with the skill with which they are made.

Flowers are also very popular among fans of this type of creativity:

It is impossible not to note the landscapes: autumn, winter, summer and spring in all their manifestations are reflected on the canvases.

Video Compilation

At first glance, it may seem that such a hobby for modern needlewomen as felting has appeared relatively recently.

However, what do you say to the fact that about 8000 years ago people already put into practice the manufacture of various things from wool? Later, entire workshops began to appear, specializing in working with natural wool. Let's see where everyone can start getting acquainted with this needlework today.

Felting for beginners: a master class

It is too early for beginner needlewomen to immediately make toys or paintings. But something simple like jewelry is quite possible. Let's try to do flower brooch.

So, for the brooch "Lilies of the valley" you will need:

In fact, wool
Fine felting needles
thin wire

A dense sponge or brush as a stand for making jewelry
Beads with a diameter of 7-10 millimeters
Acrylic varnish
Scissors
soapy water
Clasp used to make a brooch

Getting Started:

First of all, it is necessary to form a frame for the leaves. And for this you need a wire

Now a strand of green wool is taken. It must be placed under the frame and on the brush. This strand is needed pierce with needles

IMPORTANT: Keep in mind that the strand must be larger than the wire frame. Should not be taken.

The strand turns over, the actions from the previous paragraph are repeated

Tips of improvised leaves wrap up

It turned out a blank for a leaf. Now she needs put the wireframe back on

The edges of the leaf are also processed with felting needles
Now is the time to give the leaf naturalness, shading it with fur green gamut

IMPORTANT: In order for the transitions of shades to turn out smooth, it is worth smoothing the workpiece with an iron.

Further leaf outlines are formed- it should not be flat, because it is unnatural. In this case, the twisted ends of the wire stick out of the workpiece
Glue is applied to the above twisted ends of the wire. A little more green wool should be applied to the glue. The wool is twisted so that the wire is not visible at all, and a stem is formed. Need to help yourself with a needle

Now you can start making branches. Take some white wool and form a kind of pancake out of it.
In such a pancake and you need to put a bead, then decorating it with wool. For the best effect, you should help yourself with needles.
Now the bead should be dipped in soapy water, and then roll out in your hands

IMPORTANT: It is worth removing the knocked-out hairs with scissors.

One top is cut off, after which 8 cuts are made. The bead is taken out of the woolen cocoon - and now the woolen blank resembles the outlines of lily of the valley flowers
Received flowers need to be dipped in acrylic varnish. However, beforehand, the varnish should be slightly diluted with water. Blanks are pressed, dried
Buds are forming- white and green woolen balls
Well now assembly starts- balls are strung on the wire. The wire is twisted so that the balls do not separate from it.
Also flowers are strung, and from a piece of wire sticking out of the flower, core
All branches are collected, fastened together with green wool and glue

Now a twig, a leaf and a brooch barrette come together. You can decorate this product with a green ribbon

The next decoration bright summer beads using the felting technique. For them come in handy:

Wool. As for the color scheme, it can be the most diverse.

IMPORTANT: Pay attention to the fact that you have wool on hand, not acrylic.

Needle. It is advisable to purchase a coarse ordinary felting needle
Waxed cord. Stock up on 2-3 meters
Caps for beads or from acorns. If you did not find acorns near you, it is quite possible to contact the hardware store
Special felting brush. However, you can replace it with a regular dishwashing sponge or a piece of foam rubber.
Various accessories- these are holders for pendants, which are called bales, and locks, and fasteners for cords. However, if you cannot get all this, there is an option to use a waxed cord or a chain from some unnecessary jewelry.

Let's get to work:

So, first of all, take wool. Fluff it up, tangle it with your fingers

IMPORTANT: How much material is needed for one bead? It all depends on the size of the beads, but keep in mind in any case that the wool shrinks a lot during work. This means that a reserve is needed.

Wool rolls into a ball. You need to make more effort, as the wool must be twisted tightly

Put the ball on the stand- brush, sponge or foam rubber. Remember to hold the ball with your fingers, as at this stage it may well fall apart. into it a needle is stuck to fix the shape, and you need to start from the place where the wool is fastened

Now you need to process the entire surface of the ball with a needle- so it falls off better, becomes denser and better in shape

Similar procedure carried out with the rest of the balls for beads

To complete the felting process, it is recommended Pour hot water into a bowl, dissolving shampoo or liquid soap in it. Balls are thrown into this bowl

IMPORTANT: Before dropping all the balls, you should make sure that the wool will not shed. Otherwise, there is a high risk of getting a spotted product.

Each ball is taken and rolled between the palms as if you are working with plasticine, that is, in a circle. At first, the pressure should be weak, but then it should be increased. If you immediately press hard, ugly creases may form. Don't be surprised if the dimensions are reduced to 30% or even 50%

As soon as the bead becomes denser and smaller, it rolls out between the palms like a sausage. It is necessary to carry out this action until the bead is will look like an egg

Beads should be rinsed to remove the soap solution. Then they need to be squeezed out and put to dry.

And at this stage you need process the collected acorns. You must first separate the hats, then from the hats - tails. Holes are made in the hats. These parts are thoroughly washed and dried. You can optionally process blanks for beads with varnish

IMPORTANT: If you purchase special bead caps, then the hole-drilling step is, of course, not needed.

A piece is cut from the waxed cord, folded in half and tied with a loop

Now the task is more difficult - pull a loop through the cap from the acorn. If she doesn’t want to be threaded in any way, you can resort to a little trick, namely, thread a thread through the hat, hook the loop with the thread, and then thread it all into the hat

Pull the loop so that the knot rests on the hat. Another knot is tied on the inside of the hat. so that the loop does not move anywhere

At the bottom of the impromptu hat should be added a small amount of glue

Now to the glue pressed bead

IMPORTANT: You need to press the bead strongly, but not for long - a few seconds are enough.

The final stage — putting all the loops with beads on some unnecessary chain or on a waxed cord

Materials and tools for felting wool

IMPORTANT: Whatever technique is used, the materials needed are the same.

So, first of all, this is a special unspun wool. Density, hardness and colors have no limits - their choice depends purely on tastes and the desired result. You can buy in special stores for creativity. Beginners are advised to buy the so-called "melange" sets with suitable friend friend shades

wool for felting is varied

Needles- must also be special. Ordinary sewing machines should be left for other activities, as felting devices are sharper. They have special notches that help the wool fall off. Felting is done with thick needles, shaping with medium needles, and final touches are formed with thin needles.
Brush- can be special for felting, purchased at a craft store. However, it is quite possible to replace it with a piece of foam rubber or a sponge for washing dishes.

IMPORTANT: You should not refuse this item, as it protects the table and hands from needle pricks.

Sintepon- recommended if you are thinking of something voluminous. In this case, the base is formed from it, and wool is applied on top.
Decor elements– beads, ribbons, beads, accessories, glass eyes

Wet felting from wool: technique

This technique produces excellent bags, scarves, mittens, slippers. The peculiarity is that it is necessary to use a soap solution in which pieces of wool are placed. In this case, the wool shrinks significantly, which implies the need for a workpiece that is several times larger than the desired dimensions of the product.

So, the first step is to prepare a soap solution. To do this, a bar of soap grated on a coarse grater must be poured with boiling water in a volume of two liters. The soap is thoroughly mixed until completely dissolved, the solution is infused. Alternatively, you can use liquid soap.

IMPORTANT: The solution must be infused until it thickens. As a rule, it takes two hours.

After the solution reaches a state of readiness, you can proceed directly to the needlework itself. Cover the surface with bubble wrap, since it is reusable many times, it prevents the fibers from sticking. Please note that the film is spread with the bubble side up.

First thing a base layer is placed on the film, then a background layer, and only then a layer with a pattern. The layers must be thin, overlapping and perpendicular, otherwise gaps will occur. Particular attention should be paid to ensure that the thickness of the layers is the same everywhere.
From a spray bottle, treat the workpiece with water- this will help not to move the picture. After that, it is worth covering the workpiece with a nylon cloth and wetting it in soapy water.

But now you can start rubbing the canvas by hand. Moreover, the directions must be different to achieve the best result.

Dry felting from wool: technique

With dry felting, a person who has not previously encountered felting should begin, since it is less time-consuming. You can create with this technique interesting toys, flowers, beads.

Put a piece of wool on the sponge, and then with the help of a needle, begin to form a product from this piece - that's all the technology. Remember at the same time that wool shrinks by about a third, so you have to stock up on a large amount.

IMPORTANT: Punctures should be done carefully, otherwise either the needle will break or the hands will be injured.

Masters usually start with thicker needles, and only in the process of compacting the material they replace them with thin ones. At the same time, the needles held perpendicular to the product to avoid breakage. The material must be placed on the surface, and not to keep on weight.

Felting toys from wool: master class

To begin with, let's try to make a cute sheep with the help of felting. It is made as follows:

The first step is to work on the base. Beige, white, brown or any other natural colors create a roller from carded carding L-shaped. It should be dense, for which it should be properly rolled

Now you need to form a head from a part of the base. It is formed by adding wool - this is how the cheeks, front and upper parts with all their reliefs appear

IMPORTANT: If you suddenly feel that the volume of the head becomes smaller than it should, do not panic! Just add a little more wool - fortunately, the carded comb allows you to do this. The main thing is to create a good density.

It's the turn of the eyes. With the help of a thick needle, two notches are formed. A needle with a thick thread is threaded through the neck into one of the corners of the eye. A bead is then strung on it, after which the needle is threaded into the other corner of the eye, removed in the next eye hole. Further, the same algorithm as with the first eye, after which the needle is withdrawn in the neck area

The muzzle is important to give the final look by attaching corners in the form of a nose and mouth. It is worth adding a jumper between them. These parts are fastened with a thick needle, and processed with a thin

The body is being formed with the help of a caddy. The silhouette must be made drop-shaped

IMPORTANT: Use a thick needle to create the torso.

In order to create the legs of a lamb, it follows from the carded comb that two rollers should be twisted properly. At the same time, the ends of the rollers should remain loose

Now form boots from brown wool, first with thick, and then with thin needles. Excess hairs are carefully cut off

The legs are attached to the body and the joints are covered with small pieces of carded wool. You can add more wool to create a tummy and thighs

The arms are created in the same way as the legs., but only the rollers this time are smaller. The ends of the hands need to be wrapped in bright wool - these are mittens. Don't forget to shape the thumbs on the mittens

IMPORTANT: To work on the mitten, you will need thin needles.

Ears are made in the form of oval pieces. One end of the pieces should be loose - this will make it easier to attach the ears to the head
The hair is finally formed reverse needle. The whole figure is processed with the exception of the legs and muzzle. In this case, the surface must be well dried in advance, otherwise the toy will fall apart.

reverse needle camouflaged and the junction of the arms with the body
Ears connect just like hands

If you like knitting, cast on 7 stitches on thin needles and create a scarf for the toy. Approximately 15-17 centimeters is enough

Eye area needs toning. However, like the lines of the muzzle, ears. It is recommended to tint with dark pastels, but eye shadow is also suitable.

Sheep toy is ready!

Felting paintings

The uniqueness of the paintings created with the help of felting lies in the fact that the master does not have to be a painter. And the result is very similar to watercolor paintings.

There are several techniques:

reupload considered the most convenient technique for beginners. No soap, no water, no needles needed. Wool fibers are simply laid out in layers

IMPORTANT: In order for the work to hold, you need to press it down with glass.

Wet technique requires the use of soap and water. At the same time, the fibers interlock so well that they are barely distinguishable, turn into a single whole.

mixed media is that wet felting is used first, and only then dry fibers are applied. For the wet part of the work, the main shades are taken, and the dry part brings additional shades. In the latter case, needles are used

IMPORTANT: Whatever the technique, remember that you should not expect a quick result. Perhaps the work will take several weeks, otherwise there will be a lot of shortcomings.

The nuances of creating paintings using a felttig:

A toothpick or a needle is a must for better detailing. Not bad work is obtained if, when laying out wool, use tweezers
Apply glass to the painting from time to time- so the flaws will be better visible. Since many works are eventually stored under glass, it is better to immediately arrange a check on the type of picture. It will immediately become clear how tightly the layers are in relation to each other. In addition, wool under glass tends to become flattened, which causes the item to increase in size.
Variety of shades- an indispensable condition for creating a picture. Highlights, spots, shadows make the work naturalistic. And creating them is very simple if you replace the layers

IMPORTANT: You should, however, be careful about replacing layers, otherwise the picture will lose its lightness.

Felting is an excellent family activity. Wool is absolutely safe, unless there are allergic reactions to it. This means that even children can be involved in such an activity, instilling in them diligence, perseverance and a sense of beauty. Improve time after time with felting!

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Creation of the picture "Russian field" (felt with 3D elements)

Author: Yulia Valerievna Semiova, teacher of additional education, MAOU DO TsRTD and Yu Kamensky district, Penza region

The master class is intended for teachers, students and all lovers of working with wool.

The picture was created by a student, Khromova Alena, individual work with a gifted child. The original source from which the picture was made was taken from the Internet.

Target: Creation of a picture from wool in a wet way with 3D elements.
Tasks:
to teach the technology of wet felting wool using 3D elements;
develop Creative skills, imagination, fine motor skills of hands;
to cultivate aesthetic needs, interest and respect for manual labor, the desire for creative self-realization.
Materials: fine, semi-fine, merino wool (shades of green, blue, red, white, black and yellow).
Equipment: pimply film, mesh, scissors, water, soap.

Progress

We spread oilcloth on the table, prepare a soap solution (pour warm water into the dishes and put soap or pour a little liquid soap, we mainly use baby soap).
The size of the finished painting will be 25-30% smaller due to wool shrinkage. Our painting is 30 by 40 centimeters in finished form.
We lay out the wool on the pimply film, pulling it out of the combed tape, one layer (vertically) white, then visually divide it into 3 parts, cover the top with horizontal white wool, vertically light blue on top.

We cover the lower part horizontally with green wool, and the middle part is divided into 2 parts, white on top, then light green above the green, also horizontally.

We outline the clouds in the sky with blue wool.

Add clouds with white wool. We lay out yellow on a white narrow strip.

We add horizontal strands to the yellow stripe, lay out “grass” on light green and green (thin strands different shades green, slightly twisted at the top).

On the table we form poppy petals from red wool, for this we bend elongated short strands.

We form a flower.

We add red from the center to the edge of the petals, a little white, put a light green circle in the center, shade with black.

At this stage, we put pieces of film under the petals, not reaching the center.

A little independent work, the field is painted with flowers at the request of the student, more voluminous details appear. Important: more pieces of film are added to the bulk poppy and the upper petals are laid out. Add black around light green to get the adhesion of the fibers of the two layers of petals.

Cover with mesh. Next, the process of impregnation with warm soapy water. We lather the film on both sides for better glide, and the first "lapping" of the layers begins. We act carefully, first with light movements, so as not to move the picture.

When the initial waving occurred, the fibers intertwined slightly, we begin to work on the petals, one by one with soapy hands we wilted.

Here our picture is already visible in its entirety, the petals of both three-dimensional flowers have been worked out. We remove the picture, for this we turn it over, placing pieces of film under the petals, rub it from the inside, look where the weak points are. Important: the corners should not be stretched, deformed. You can, of course, trim later, but part of the picture will be lost.

Rinse thoroughly. Important: the temperature of the water should be slightly warm, as when felting with soap, if you rinse with cold water, the picture will shrink from the temperature difference, that is, it will decrease in size. We dry it in a straightened form, first on a towel, then you can dry it on a rope, gently hooking it with clothespins on the bent edge. Dry can be ironed without affecting the bulk elements.
The painting is ready.

We fill it in a frame without glass, first glue the picture along the edge to the cardboard.

In conclusion, I can say that we liked the process of creating the picture, and the result pleased.
I hope that the master class will be useful to lovers of artistic felt and those who are just looking at this kind creative work. Thanks everyone for watching!