Creating a Snowbird Picture in the Wool Watercolour Technique

Watercolor wool is a method of painting with layer-by-layer overlaying coloured wool.

You need

  • a frame with a glass of small size (20/20, 25/25)
  • and wool

This master class is designed for those whom the basics of this technique are already familiar. If you make such a picture for the first time, please read the basic rules of working with wool.

Put a white base on the frame — fusible webbing the size of a painting. To make the background, lay out strands of non-dyed wool horizontally.

Here are the colours you'll need for the background.


Nip off little clouds and apply them over the white strands:

Next, make a strip of woods in the background.

Now make the branch for the snowbird.

Make the bird's body:

Add the head:

The tail and the wings:

Some blue and dark grey feathers in the wing:

Add twigs covered with frost:

Some rowanberries:

Add details:

To add snow on the bunches, finely cut white wool with scissors:


Here comes the sun:


Here's how the eye is made:

And the picture is almost ready. Cut snowflakes with scissors, cover with the frame glass — and all is done!

I hope all steps were clear. If something wants more details, write me, I will try to answer and explain. Good luck!