The Felted Landscape: Painting with Wool

Date: November 8th 10:30-4:00 PM

Price: $90 Including Materials

Discover how to “ paint “ with wool to create richly textured landscapes! This workshop begins with a brief overview of materials, tools and basic needle felting techniques . Students will have the opportunity to complete 2-3 small practice studies before creating an 8 X 10″ landscape or a set of wool coasters using the instructor’s examples, provided references, or their own images/inspiration. Instruction provided includes creating form, depth, light, and atmosphere in fiber landscapes, composition, color mixing & layering. We will go over  how to  transfer your  image to wool as well as  mounting and framing finished artwork for display. All levels of experience welcome including those who have never tried needle felting!. All materials & use of tools provided  to create a painting ready to frame or a set of coasters. Lori will be bringing barn wood frames from Ford Frames if students would like to purchase a gorgeous frame for their works of art. 

We will be having a lunch break (please bring your own lunch! There are also so many delicious food options in walking distance from us!)

Lori Neumann is a local Connecticut artist hailing from Salem, CT. Lori studied at the Lyme Academy of Fine Arts in Old Lyme, CT and works in a variety of mediums including pastels, oil, acrylics and fiber arts. Lori is a certified Sarafina Fiber Arts Instructor as well as an Elected Artist with the Madison Art Society and belongs to many artist organizations in New England. member of the CT Pastel Society, the Vermont Pastel Society, the Central Massachusetts Pastel Society as well as the American Impressionist Society.  In addition to her art, Lori’s other passion is enjoying the antics of a variety of her farm animals at her farm in Salem, CT. You can view her work here.