Felt Painting a Highland Cow with Jane Bardgett

Name: Felt Painting a Highland Cow with Jane Bardgett
Start: 2025-10-17T10:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-10-17T16:00:00+01:00
Location: Greta Side, CA12 5LG Keswick, United Kingdom

Schedule

Fri Oct 17 2025 at 10:00 am to 04:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Greta Side, CA12 5LG Keswick, United Kingdom | Keswick, UK

Join Jane Bardgett for a day of felt painting!
Learn how to paint with wool to create a beautiful Highland cows head, created with real wool fibres on a hessian background.
Everyone welcome, from beginners to improvers.
In this course you will be shown how to create a 2D needle felted picture of a Highland cows head. Not only will you take home your beautiful felted picture you also get to keep the tools you used! so you can continue your new found love of felting.
The tutor will guide you through the tools & techniques needed from different breeds of sheep wool to which fibres work well and why. Which needles to use for different finish’s and effects and how to correct
mistakes.
You will be working on a hessian background with a pre drawn image ready for you to work on. Then you will be shown how to build your picture through the manipulation and layout of fibres, from colour choices and blending to the beautiful intricate detailed effects to bring your cow to life!
Please note there is a £15 material fee paid directly to the tutor on the day, included in this is a set of tools for you to take home with you. The equipment & materials provided will consists of :- a selection of Wool fibres, a foam mat for a working surface, Hessian for your background, 2 felting needles and a Highland cow image to work from.
This is a full day workshop and included in the cost is lunch, afternoon cake and tea and coffee for the duration.
Jane is also running felting workshops on the following dates:
26th April - Felt Painting Animal Portraits
12th July - Miniature Felt Landscapes
17th October - Felt Painting Highland Cow
30th November - Needle Felt Christmas Decorations
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https://www.themakersmill.co.uk/returns-refunds-policy/
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