Small Landscapes
I’m working on more pieces to take to the galleries. I sold a few more of the smaller landscapes I had made that fit into 5″ x 7″ frames.
I use whatever bits I have of wool in my stash and I usually hand card the skies to get a mixture that looks natural. I have stitched the details before and I did do this on a couple of the pieces adding grasses and flowers. The other two I decided to add some trees with needle felting. I then stitched the small felt pieces on to a 5″ x 7″ matte board. I forgot to take any photos after framing but I put them in simple black frames.
On this set, I used a light blue-grey matte board and all the details are needle felted.
Here’s what the birch trees looked like after being wet felted. I used cut strips of white prefelt for the trunks.
Then here they are after adding the needle felted details. It’s fun working in this smaller size as the process isn’t too time consuming and it gives a less expensive alternative for customers who can’t afford my bigger pieces.
4 thoughts on “Small Landscapes”
Love them Ruth.
Have you tried using silk to represent clouds? Whisps of white tops wet felted onto a bright blue sky will give you cirrus clouds; natural coloured carded silk with slubs in it can give you rain clouds or just big fluffy clouds without your having to hand card the whole sky. Though I can see that doing so isn’t so much of a chore when you are only showing a little bit of sky.
Whatever, I like all of your small landscapes and I’m sure they’ll sell well. I agree it is good to give those who would like a picture, but can’t afford the price of a large one, the chance to buy.
Ann
Thanks Ann, I did use silk in several of the skies. When I do larger landscapes, I use my drum carder. I like to have a wide range of price options 😁
The skies do look good because of the hand carding. Miniature landscapes aren’t easy but they are all lovely, and silver birch popularity is forever.
They will sell as easily as the others that you are replacing!
Thanks Lyn and Annie! Miniature work has to have less detail, leaving more to the imagination. Yes, silver birch are always good sellers.