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Post by felicity on May 22, 2013 9:39:05 GMT
  Of course it's not the painting! I use carded merino and various fibers to lay the picture and wet felt it. The works of Renata Kraus (the fiber artist from Lithuania) are very inspirational! renatos-veltinis.blogspot.co.uk/ |
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Post by MTRuth on May 22, 2013 16:55:54 GMT
These are gorgeous Felicity! I also admire Renata's work and you have done an excellent job with your flower paintings with fiber  |
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Post by koffipot on May 22, 2013 17:48:49 GMT
Lovely flower paintings Felicity. I'd love to 'paint' with fibre, and I have tried, but since I'm not much good with a paintbrush, there's not a lot of hope! |
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Post by lyn on May 22, 2013 18:14:58 GMT
Those are lovely Felicity - wonderful colours - just like a summer garden.
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Post by felicity on May 22, 2013 19:09:23 GMT
Thank you very much! To tell the truth these are not my first tries, but the best so far! I am not very artistic unfortunately and I just copy the picture. The main problem is to separate "layers", to understand what wool/fibers put first and what later. But I really enjoy it and will keep going!
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Post by Shepherdess on May 22, 2013 19:36:11 GMT
Your art work is lovely. I am afraid mine usually look like kindergarten flower.
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Post by felicity on May 22, 2013 22:02:37 GMT
I have quite a few such pieces, Ann! Using a carded wool as a background helps a bit; it penetrates upper layers and blurs the boundaries making them softer.
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Post by zed on May 23, 2013 9:21:22 GMT
They're gorgeous |
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Post by felicity on May 23, 2013 14:30:24 GMT
Thank you Zed!
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Post by Karen on May 24, 2013 23:22:25 GMT
They are gorgeous Felicity. I do love Renata's work to |
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Post by felicity on May 25, 2013 9:42:52 GMT
Thank you Karen! Renata is an artist and I am just a copyist! But I do my best!
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Post by billieanne on May 26, 2013 1:02:05 GMT
Thank you very much! To tell the truth these are not my first tries, but the best so far! I am not very artistic unfortunately and I just copy the picture. The main problem is to separate "layers", to understand what wool/fibers put first and what later. But I really enjoy it and will keep going! NOT very artistic? Yes, yes you are!!! These are fabulous! I can't draw stick people. Now I'm not knocking what I CAN do but would be nice to "paint" like you did. |
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Post by felicity on Jun 3, 2013 14:35:02 GMT
NOT very artistic? Yes, yes you are!!! These are fabulous! I can't draw stick people. I can't it either! Thank you billieanne! You just need practice and some nice picture to copy for the start. |
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Post by crealou on Jun 3, 2013 18:38:43 GMT
Lovely! Have you use merino, coriddale to do them? Have you bought a tutorial from Renata? I know that she does only work from short fiber wool but not merino.
Very good job!
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Post by felicity on Jun 4, 2013 14:26:11 GMT
crealou, yes, it's mainly carded wool (Cape-Merino), at least basic colours - red, blue, yellow. I added merino tops of some other colours and a lot of decorative fibers (viscose, flax). No, I do not have any tutorials from Renata.
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