Folk art has easy lines and is fairly quick to draw. Inspiration came from Kathy's Needleworks in the form of canvases for needlepoint. I copied John Blake's sheep from a canvas available at the needlework site. After sketching them onto the wall, I then painted them in acrylics. It is about half finished in the above picture. If the next owner of the house does not want sheep in this room, a quick primer and another coat of paint will cover over the critters.
(and with a little more paint detail added...but still not quite finished with inside dimensions 40" x 35")Rough cut 2 inch firring strips will frame the sheep once the husband cuts the boards; they will be stained and add a barn-like touch once they frame the folk art on the wall.
But for now, those woolly gals are just making me happy and keeping me company while I knit Piper's Journey Shawl in a celestial blue that is 15% cashmere and 85% merino wool.
The sheep approve.
