Tuesday, August 09, 2011

Archie's Yarn Painting ~ The LOVE Pug

Hi everyone!

Archie and I are so excited to show you our newest yarn painting!


Archie is especially smiley today because I used this photo of him to "paint" with yarn!


I love making yarn paintings!

Anyone can make them with their favorite photos, some yarn, glue and scissors.

I have written a fun yarn painting tutorial for you to see all the tools and techniques I use to create mine.

Please feel free to use this as a jumping off point for your own fabulous creations!


There is no right or wrong! Only FUN!


I took lots of photos for our to see how I created this new painting that I call ...


The LOVE Pug!

Here is my photo of Archie with some hearts glued on a board and ready to fill in with yarn!


I started with some outlining to make sure the important lines are not lost in the process of filling it in. :)


Ooooo! It is so much fun seeing it come to life!















Almost done!






Ta Da!


Archie in yarn!


His favorite place to be! :)


Tee Hee!


For your enjoyment, I have made this yarn painting into note cards and signed prints available in my Etsy Shop.


I cannot wait to see what Archie inspires me to make next!


xoxoxoxo

Melissa

8 comments:

Meredith LeBlanc said...

We have to say, Archikins seems like a pretty perfect subject! Such a good smiler :)

♥♥♥
Meredith & Scarlet

Diane said...

Love this & that little Archie is so darn cute! xoxo Diane

The Daily Pip said...

This is so NEAT. Not to be silly, but is the yarn sewn or glued? Archie always looks so cute!

Your pal, Pip

BriannaBlueStudio said...

Hi Melissa and Archie!!

I LOVE this yarn painting! You are so talented:) I hope you are having a great week so far!

Bailey says hello too!

Lots of love,

Beth

Duke said...

Your newest yarn painting is just beautiful, Melissa! We love it!

Love ya lots
Maggie and Mitch

Tweedles -- that's me said...

Archie
What a little model you are!
This yarn painting of you is precious.... the whole wide world will fall in love with it, because of you - sweet Archie..
your sparkling eyes, your happy smile,, love radiates from you and it shows in this art painting.
And YOUR momma is so talented to create this and share with all of us. We thank your momma.
We love you Archie Poo
love
twee

Laura said...

Archie is cute in yarn!

Sketching with Dogs said...

That is the most gorgeous first yarn picture of Archie, it's got so much love crafted into every strand of wool.
I am fascinated by the ingenious way you create them with the photo and see them slowly grow.
Hugs, Lynne