Forest Creature – Basic Body – video course

Would you like to learn how to needle felt whimsical Forest Creatures?

This easy-to-follow intermediate/improver in-depth online video course with 19 videos teaches you everything you need to know to create this magical being's Basic Body!

The course includes creating the core shape, the face, the body colouring, the tiny legs and his unique hat in more designs.

The Welcome and Tools & Materials videos are free to watch and it can help you decide whether you'd like to purchase the tutorial.

Details of the project

The Forest Creature - Basic Body is an amazing and inspired project for those who love forests, woodlands and like to let their imagination run wild.

The basic body is firmly felted which makes the surface perfect for felting 3D details on it. How you wish to decorate them is only limited by your own imagination.

Currently I offer three embellishment tutorials that can be bought separately: a mushroom scene, blackberries and oak leaves with acorns. 

However, if you'd like to learn how to needle felt all three decoration options, make sure to check out the Forest Creature Autumn Bundle offer!

What you'll learn with the help of the Forest Creature - Basic Body video course:

What you'll get by purchasing the video tutorial:

Some parts of the tutorial where the same repetitive felting happens are sped up or shortened after giving you all the necessary instructions. So you can spend more time felting than watching.

Here's the Lessons List:

Difficulty level

The Forest Creature - Basic Body is a step-by-step, very detailed course ideal for intermediate/improver felters. Anyone who has already tried his hands at more complex (but not too difficult) projects that involved multiple steps can give it a try. 

Since everything is broken down into smaller steps, explained and demonstrated, needle felting a Forest Creature is not too difficult.

However, it requires patience and a good understanding of how to work with wool - i.e. how much wool to add, how firmly to felt, how to avoid overfelting while making sure that the piece is a good base for additional 3D work, etc.

And if you purchase any of the decoration tutorials, you have to be comfortable enough to try and work with and on small details.

Time to finish one Forest Creature

In order to be able to felt small and precise details on the body of a Forest Creature, it needs to be firmly felted. And that takes time.

For reference, depending on the different hat styles, my basic bodies took between 9 to 12 hours to make.

But that doesn't mean you have to watch me needle felt one Forest Creature for that long. As I've mentioned before the videos are tweaked to contain only the necessary parts.

How you'll get access to the course

After purchasing, you'll get instant lifetime access to the Forest Creature - Basic Body video course in the Project Zone - the "school" page of Wondrous Whimsy Studio. Even if you haven't registered an account yet, your purchase will automatically create you one and you'll receive an email about it.

You'll also receive the direct link to the video tutorial via email in your order confirmation.

Are you ready to needle felt some whimsical Forest Creatures and have some needle felting fun?

IMPORTANT COPYRIGHT INFORMATION:

Due to the fact that Forest Creatures can be decorated in many ways the maker prefers, any Forest Creature you make based on this online video course and then embellish with your OWN, unique designs can be sold without any additional permission from me.

However, crediting Wondrous Whimsy Studio as the inventor and developer of the Forest Creature idea is required.

On the other hand, using any of my original designs to decorate your Forest Creature is for personal use only. 

Happy felting!