Yarn Painting ~ Corgi

Happy Wednesday everyone!

I just finished another yarn painting!

I cannot tell you how fun and easy this is to do!

You do not need to know how to draw, knit or crochet to make these!

All you need is a board, some glue, yarn scraps, sharp scissors and a bone folder to help place & burnish the cut yarn.

I made this one from a photograph of Melanie's Corgi Moe!

The first thing I did was to print a photo of Moe.

I glued it to a board

and then started filling in the shapes with strips of yarn.

I burnish each piece of yarn down with the bone folder after I lay it on the strip of gel glue. I gently push it up against the previous row and snip it at the end with the sharp scissors to the correct length.

I think it really changed from a photo to a painting when I filled in the eyes.

The cheeks and ears are done and now for the nose & body...

Here I am working on the body.

I think it adds more interest when I change some areas from horizontal to vertical yarn placement.

I just love how it turned out so far!

The final step was to put in the background which I also filled in with both horizontal and vertical yarn placemant to add flow and texture.

Ta da!

The process is simple, fun and relaxing.

This 8 x 10 inch project took me about 20 hours over several days to complete.

You can go as fast or slow as makes you happy!

I had so much fun making this for Melanie & Mark that I promptly made another yarn painting of my pug, Emmitt. I call it "Pug Love". Please click here if you would like to see how I made it.

I will definitely have more yarn paintings to show you soon.

Update 2010:

Fun News!

I have created 8 Yarn Paintings in 2010 !

They have all brought me so much joy to make and share with you.

To make it easy for you to see them, I have written a blog post to show them all to you.

Please let me know if you try it too!

Have a super day!

xoxoxo

Melissa