Needle felting is the perfect medium for creating realistic mammals and birds. Because wool is itself a kind of animal fur, with the right techniques it can be used to make extremely realistic fur and feathers. In this workshop you will learn to create a realistic miniature sculpture of a wild cat out of wool. The course will give you techniques to increase the level of detail and realism in your needle felted sculptures. You will learn some basic animal anatomy and how to use this knowledge for creating art.

Skills taught:

• Use of anatomical measurements and diagrams to construct a wire armature
• Sculpting using wool, felting needle, and wire armature
• Using anatomical diagrams to sculpt musculature
• Sculpting the feline head
• Creating realistic eyes with wool
• Creating realistic cat ears
• Sculpting cat paws
• Mixing wool of different colors to obtain wool of a precise color or color combination
• Use wool of different qualities for different purposes.
• Creating realistic fur using fine wool roving
• Creating patterns (spots, stripes) in fur
• Creating whiskers using horsehair