Today's idea: Leaf Prints!
Alright Artists (and that refers to ALL of us because we are all artists!), are you ready? It is time to put on clothes you don't mind possibly getting a little bit of paint on. We are going to make Leaf Prints!
Alright Artists (and that refers to ALL of us because we are all artists!), are you ready? It is time to put on clothes you don't mind possibly getting a little bit of paint on. We are going to make Leaf Prints!
- MATERIALS: Fabric (or paper if you don't have any fabric), fabric paint (or regular old paint if are not planning to wash it), something to roll or press with (a brayer, a brick, a rock, etc.), a paintbrush or paint roller, newsprint or scrap paper, and some freshly harvested leaves and/or flower petals.
- Step 1: Put some paint in a pain pallet, paper plate, or other surface that can fit your paint brush or roller. Get your paint brush or roller covered in paint. Now use your roller or paint brush to cover your leaf with paint (you can do this on top of newsprint or scrap paper to protect your work surface). Paint the back side of your leaf - the side that the veins show more clearly.
- Step 2: Place your leaf paint-side down on your paper or fabric, lay a sheet of newsprint over the leaf, and then roll over the leaf a few times with something like a brayer. If you do not have a brayer or other rolling device, place a heavy object on top of your leaf and move it gently around. The goal with this step is to ensure that all parts of your leaf leave a print on your fabric or paper.
- Step 3: Carefully lift the paper, then the leaf. Ta-Da! There is your first leaf print! They all turn out differently, but they are always beautiful!
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