Working on the Olympic Challenge
I've begun working on my entry in the Schmancy Olympic Challenge!
The first day, I started constructing the bobsleigh itself, and by time I went to bed, I had these parts:
Next, I added a little more structure to the bobsleigh, and I embroidered Linus' face onto another bit of felt. I used sewing thread so I could make fine lines. Then I stitched the face onto the front of the sled, and sewed the sled parts together.
Television-based sketching
I've really dropped out of drawing quite as much as I'd like, so I've been trying harder to pick up my book whenever I'm watching TV or something. Lately I've been picking up on the people I've seen.
This was after watching the first episode of Ken Burns' The National Parks: America's Best Idea, inspired by the photographs shown of John Muir.
Wool Felt
I've just ordered quite a bit of legit wool felt from Purl.. All the felt I have is either from my coveted stash from National Nonwovens, craptastic craft store acrylic, or of the felted-wool variety (where it was woven and then felted). The last type would be all right but I only have scraps in a few colors, and it's a little floppier than I would like.
I have plenty of the acrylic type but it's just.. of such quality that I know it'll pill up and get nasty in a short period of time. I should know: I used it to make about a thousand tiny stuffed cats when I was in middle school.
