Materials: Rectangles of wool felt (to act as the “canvas”),
wool roving in various colors (such as this) This past weekend
was the third session of the parent/child class N and I are
taking at a local art museum. We spent the entire time in the
galleries, looking and drawing with various media, and our last
stop was the Greek/Roman galleries, where we used colored wool
roving to create our image. I don’t have any in-process photos
of this, because it’s really hard to take photos while doing,
but it’s pretty straightforward. First, though, we were to pick
a piece to focus on as our inspiration. N chose a piece utterly
devoid of color… This is one of the short sides of a marble
sarcophagus. We had many colors of roving to choose from; N
chose red, yellow, and green. Just as felt pieces will stick to
one another (such as on a felt board), the wool roving will
stick to the felt “canvas.” You gently rub the roving between
your hands, moving them back and forth. You can tease it out a
bit, and gently mush (not a t