Dog Yarn Painting
Looking for easy craft ideas for home decor, gifts, or kids crafts? This dog yarn painting from Melissa Langer is the answer! You'll be amazed at how easy it is and how beautiful it looks when you're done.
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Materials:
- A board
- Glue
- Yarn scraps
- Sharp scissors
- Bone folder to help place & burnish the cut yarn.
Instructions:
- The first thing I did was to print a photo of Moe. Then I glued it to a board.
- Then I 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.
- I think it adds more interest when I change some areas from horizontal to vertical yarn placement.
- 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.
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EditorLP
Feb 10, 2016
This is really clever, and by using a picture as the template, this project is probably even easy enough for the artistically challenged, like myself.
slipr246 1618328
May 22, 2012
This is gorgeous. I would love to do one of my miniature poodle. How do you do a white dog? Just white harm and maybe roll it to resemble curls?
mmgibson1
May 21, 2012
Great idea - I am going to try this, only with a picture of my cat instead. She is the only one around here who seems to really like the stray bits of yarn in my apartment anyway.
christycarey 57416 91
Jun 07, 2011
My art students did this of various dogs after seeing your example and they all came out so adorable! Thanks for the great idea!
loen210 4113546
May 03, 2011
Wow, how beautiful. Great job! Wish I'd have the patience adn time to make these (of our cats too!). Thanks so much for sharing. Love your great work. :o)
zephyrdee
May 03, 2011
Wow! Just when I think I've seen everything......This is simply awesome!!!
Lizzy NYC
May 03, 2011
Brillant!! I love this. Martha Stewart does something similar with glitter but I think this idea is much better. Kudos on being a craft genius: )
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