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Crafting with nature is a lovely way to spend time looking at and appreciating the flowers and plants around you. In this class, artist and educator Courtney Cerruti shows you how to make vibrant botanical prints by hammering or "pounding" flowers onto paper. You'll also learn how to shift the color of plant pigments by toning them with acidic or alkaline solutions, as well as fun ways to enhance your prints with watercolor. Using simple materials and a simple technique, you can create beautiful floral art with a hammer and blooms.
Learn how to:
Here’s what you’ll need:
- Hot press watercolor paper - Courtney is using Strathmore 140lb hot press watercolor paper
- Several sheets of paper towel for padding
- Wax paper
- Hammer
- Snips
- Pencil
- Flowers and botanicals such as coreopsis, marigold, vinca, pansies/violas, cosmos, sweet william, dill
- Optional for "toning" flowers: watercolor, vinegar, baking soda, several small dishes or jars to create your solutions, three watercolor brushes
- Optional for preserving: Dorland's cold wax medium
Downloads:
- Make botanical prints with flower pounding
- Gather and select florals ideal for pounding
- Use a hammer and wax paper to pound flower pigments onto paper
- Achieve the most clear and colorful prints
- Shift the color of natural prints by toning with acidic or alkaline solutions
- Enhance the print with watercolor
- Preserve your floral art with wax medium
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