Bug Buddies
– Needle Felted Bug Buddies with Wet Felted Wings –
with Amy Wright Long
Course Outline
CLASS CHAT
Getting Started: Info & Resources
Felting a Bug Base
Adding Color
Facial Structure
Legs
Wings and Belly
Bug Eyes & Hair Do
Antennae
Certificate of Completion
Get creative in this class with three different body styles and any colors you can imagine!
About this Course
Skills Focus: Needle Felting, Some Wet Felting
Video Lessons: Videos are divided into easy to digest & easy to reference segments
Difficulty Level: Beginner Friendly, Fun for Intermediate Felters
Helpful Experience to Have: Some Needle Felting
Create your very own Bug Buddy to keep you company!
Skills you will Learn:
- Creating the armature
- Needle felting firm shapes
- Needle felting straight lines and round dots
- Easy wet felted wings
- Special fiber blend for the firefly’s bright tail
- Working with glass eyes
- Attaching wings, tail and legs
Needle Felt Bug Buddies Workshop
Included in this course:
- 24/7, 365 Instant access to the course streamed directly to your computer, tablet or phone
- High quality video instruction divided into short, digestible lessons
- Learn at your own pace and refer back to lessons at any time
- Complete materials list with links to recommended supplies
- BONUS!
Free enrollment in Amy’s Course for Making Your Own Fantasy Glass Eyes
**enroll in the Bug Buddy class and then check your email for the voucher code
to enroll in the Fantasy Glass Eyes class or free!
Community Creations!
Meet the Instructor:
Amy Wright Long
Amy Wright-Long is a needle felt artist based in Austin, Texas. Her education includes illustration classes at Carnegie Mellon University and fashion history at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. She discovered needle felting in 2016, and after working creatively for many years in other mediums quickly realized that needle felting offered her unlimited potential in expression.
Many of her creations are whimsical fantasy creatures inspired by Muppet creator, Jim Henson and his collaborator Brian Froud, and other Nordic illustrators known for their interpretations of Scandinavian mythology. Amy became known for making realistic opossum families and other realistic woodland creatures, along with her “Night Friends”, a series of fantasy moths and creatures of the night.