Felting Lesson: Motion Lines

step by step tutorial

Materials List

Felting needles

Sturdy foam or wool pad

Wool fabric panel cut to size

Core wool or natural roving

Wool for your sky color and motion lines

Yellow wool for the sun

Fleshtone colorway

Wool in a color palette for dress & shoes

Curly locks/fibers for hair

 

Each of the image galleries in the Felting Lesson: Motion Lines includes step-by-step instructions that walk you through the process of needle felting a fairy flying directly into the sun, accentuated with motion lines rippling across the sky. This lesson was created in April 2022., here is a sample of how the lesson begins.

*For optimal viewing, click on the first image in each gallery to open the full view and then scroll through. If you view the images in the preview galleries only your view will be a cropped version of each image and you will miss out on the descriptive captions I have added to each picture. Enjoy!

Base Layer Sky & Sun

Before we dive too deep into the felting lesson: motion lines, the development of the base layer comes first!

Felting a Winged Fairy in Flight

Next, we’ll add a winged fairy, with curly locks, arms, legs, a puffy skirt, and a bend at the knee.

Sun Fairy Flies Into the Sun, needle felting lesson to learn techniques to create motion lines with wool.
Sun Fairy Flies Into the Sun, needle felting lesson to learn techniques to create motion lines with wool.
Sun Fairy Flies Into the Sun, needle felting lesson to learn techniques to create a figure with wings and motion lines - all with wool!
Sun Fairy Flies Into the Sun, needle felting lesson to learn techniques to create a figure with wings and motion lines - all with wool!
Keep going in and alternating shades until you have the just the right amount of motion.

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