Mk three-dimensional paintings from dried flowers with your own hands. Beautiful paintings from dry leaves and flowers with your own hands

Children love everything new and unusual. Today we will look for real masterpieces in the world around us. Natural materials are an inexhaustible source of inspiration that is available to everyone!

Don't wait until autumn to start creating with freshly picked chestnuts and acorns. Summer is a great time for creative activities in nature. Think back to your childhood. Have you ever done a petal manicure? It's time to teach your daughter how to “sculpt” them!

In fact, this is just the tip of the iceberg. You can create real masterpieces from flowers, petals and leaves. In principle, this purely summer creative material can be used all year round if you collect the plants and dry the herbarium.

Flower men

Children love funny people. So let's tell them the secret of making cute and funny inhabitants of the flower country!

To make a flat man, you will need some flowers and leaves. They can be laid directly on the lawn or asphalt, but it is best to glue them to a paper base. This way you can take the funny applique with you and show the masterpiece to everyone: at home, in the yard, at school or kindergarten.

You can make little people as an option for one of the creative competitions. Don’t forget to take pictures of your crafts right away, because fresh petals will quickly wither and become deformed.

Flower dolls

In my childhood yard there were hollyhocks, or hollyhocks. We made dolls out of them. Manufacturing is very simple. You need a thin flexible stick for the base, several buds and mallow flowers. We string flowers on a stick in any order and get a pupa. Any flowers and leaves are suitable for making.

Fashionable looks made from petals

With older girls you can do fashion decorating. To create dresses or paintings with images of women in dresses from flower petals, just draw the outline of the dress and make a petal appliqué. It is not necessary to glue delicate petals - just lay out the desired composition and take a photo!

Postcards from fresh flowers

There are many design techniques. Complete your collection of ideas by decorating with dried flowers. Agree, it looks beautiful and unusual!

Animals made from petals

Flower petals, like bright puzzles, can be put together into a variety of images. These can be animals, birds, fish.

Paintings from plants

Having mastered the petal appliqué technique, you can move on to making paintings. This painstaking work will require time and a lot of carefully collected and dried plants. But what a great result awaits you!

Painting with flowers is called "mistake". It turns out that this is a fairly popular direction of creativity.

Leaf and Flower Portraits by Justina Blakeney

Serious adult designers and artists also use flowers and leaves as materials for their creative works. Let's admire their works.

For a birthday or other family holiday, you and your child can make a family portrait-caricature of leaves and flowers. The result will be a fun and memorable craft!

Kathy Klein Flower and Leaf Crafts

Popular today, interest in images and coloring books - mandalas, kaleidoscopes with colored glass from childhood - perhaps Kathy Klein was inspired by some of them when creating her crafts from flowers and leaves.

Now you have no doubt that summer is a great time for crafts made from natural materials? And if you dry the flowers and leaves by collecting a herbarium, then for a whole year you can do creative work for school and kindergarten, organize children's contests and competitions, congratulate loved ones on the holiday with original cards or portraits, make anti-stress “mandalas” or kaleidoscopes!

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Who among us has not been fond of drying plants?! It’s so interesting to extend the life of a flower, decorate a postcard with it, or create a mural for your home.

In principle, a composition of dry leaves and flowers is most likely a collage, but the name “painting” is more appropriate for such a work. Such paintings are always in a single copy, as they are assembled by hand. The creation of two identical paintings is excluded in principle.

You will need

- leaves, flowers, twigs, grass

- cardboard

- glue

- frame or passe-partout

You can also use glass, tree cuts, and plaster castings as a base.

Instructions

The main task is to collect leaves, flowers, twigs and herbs. This material is collected in spring, summer and autumn. This can be done everywhere - in courtyards, in front gardens, you don’t need to limit yourself to fields and forests.

The collected plants must be dried. The best option for this is old magazines or reference books, but their paper should not be glossy, but only porous and soft. The book must be well dried. The collected material is placed between the sheets, and at least six sheets must be left between the bookmarks. Something heavy, such as a brick or iron, is placed on a closed magazine or book.

When the natural material is ready, you can begin to design the picture. Any postcard, painting or photograph that depicts flowers or a landscape is selected for the sample. You can create a sketch of the future painting yourself. In any case, there must be a sketch.

All the details of the composition are placed on the cardboard as shown in the photo or postcard. You should start working from the background. Large leaves are applied first, followed by flowers and herbs. The composition is completed in full, and then each part is very carefully separated from the picture, smeared with glue and glued.

A passe-partout is glued onto the cardboard of the finished composition.

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Good afternoon - today we continue the theme of autumn crafts made from natural materials. And today we will make A LOT OF APPLICATIONS from dry leaves, herbs and flowers. We have already done this with you. And in this article I I will show you different floral examples of flower paintings... so that you will be INSPIRED and eager to make the same works of floral art. And I will also tell you HOW TO DRY FLOWERS CORRECTLY, herbs and leaves (three drying methods).

So let's get started.

VOLUME PICTURES

FROM DRIED FLOWERS.

This method is the simplest. Here you need to dry the flowers without a press and collect such voluminous flowers into bouquets or compositions and place them under a frame with glass. The frame must be of suitable thickness so that the glass does not pinch or break the dry bouquet of flowers and herbs.

Here in the photo below is an excellent example of an autumn picture with yellow leaves, dry white flowers, and green velvet stems.

For such pictures flowers are dried WITHOUT PRESS... hung in a dry room with their heads down... or put the buds in boxes with semolina(and dry in the sun without closing the box). The cereal absorbs excess moisture and allows the buds to dry without crushing their petals. Bulk dried flowers can be used not only for paintings, but and other crafts made from natural materials.

In such autumn compositions you can add pieces of moss, bark, plant seeds, dry fruits, poplar fluff and dry tea, pebbles, chopped twigs, thin branches and other natural material.

Or you can do it yourself small neat flower arrangements for decorating a room in a pastel style, or for wedding decor.

OPTIONS FOR PICTURES made from pressed flowers.

At school and in clubs We've all dabbled in appliques made from floral and foliage materials. Here are some samples in the photo below. such crafts from dry leaves and flowers. We were taught how to artistically arrange flowers and leaves to create a beautiful composition - with balanced proportions and respect rules of harmony of form and color.

Here are simple flower arrangements for small paintings suitable for school use. Just teach children to artistically lay out elements of natural material - so that there is symmetry and a general line of the drawing.

As a background, you can use smooth cardboard or textured (embossed, corrugated) paper.

But I want to show you another version of flower appliques . These are PICTURES OF BOUQUETS IN VASES.

And vases Such flower paintings are also lined with petals of the same flowers, but of a different shade.

I’ll say right away that these works are not mine... (no need to praise me) I found them on a foreign language site (you can praise me for this, I spent 3 days digging through the entire foreign Internet on the topic of flower appliqués... I was already desperate to find something worthwhile, but I wasn’t lazy and on the fourth day I climbed... and in the third hour of searching I found it!!!).

As I understand from a quick translation of the article... all this beauty belongs to more than one creator - These are works by different authors of the same creative team. And it’s very GREAT that there are people who get together not to crack seeds and drink beer, but to make such wonderful paintings with their own hands from ordinary dried flowers.

What does the process of creating such a picture from dried flowers look like?

First we draw outline of a vase on paper...cut it out...glue it with dried flower petals...with scissors trim the edges petals that extend beyond the contours of the paper silhouette of the vase.

Glue this vase applique onto a sheet of cardboard and start on it arranging flowers. Place flowers on paper using PVA glue...

That is, they themselves are dry flower buds are placed last– first we create over the vase a halo of herbs and all sorts of plant panicles and frills.

Moreover, you don’t need to put it all on glue right away. FIRST YOU NEED TO TRY ON THE FUTURE COMPOSITION....that is, lay it out without glue... changing the position of the flowers this way and that, until your bouquet arrangement becomes the most successful... AND THEN remember everything (or take a photo on your phone)... remove all the flowers... and start gluing branch by branch, checking with photo memory.

You choose the background color yourself... try matching different colors of cardboard to the same composition to find out against which background your bouquet will shine most brightly. Rich colors look EQUALLY GOOD on bright colored cardboard... and on a light gray background.

Beautiful applications are obtained from orchids and lilies.

And the pale flowers will be asked for applications background of calm pastel shades.

Looks very nice on appliqués dry poppies.

How to dry flowers to preserve their vibrant color.

(4 drying methods)

And of course, this article will not be complete if I do not tell you how to properly dry floral material for such paintings.

Method one - between the pages of books .

Of course, we all think that we are very familiar with this method. But in fact in most cases after drying in a book, our plants look very ugly - everything that was colored becomes brown and dead and decayed. But I want colorful brightness and dry freshness.

ERROR 1. Gloss. If we foolishly decide to put flowers in a glossy magazine, then in the end the delicate petals tightly stick to the gloss. Therefore, we either put flowers between the pages of plain uncoated paper, or we put paper napkin or tissue paper on both sides(tracing paper... wrapping paper from department stores).

ERROR 2. Humidity . In book drying of flowers, one thing is important - to prevent the flowers from starting to ROTT... it is at this moment of debate that the petals begin to rot and turn black due to accumulated moisture. Therefore, we dry it correctly - namely... put them in a book FOR ONE DAY... and then we change the book ... that is transfer them to a new dry book(since the first book has already absorbed moisture from the plants and is no longer able to create the necessary dry mode for quick and comfortable drying of flowers). And in this second book the flowers remain until they dry completely. And it is also important that between each layer of plants there were at least 20 pages of the book.

The second method is using an iron.

An iron is also a fairly quick way to dry flowers. It is important to follow the rule here so that the flower did not burn or cook under the heat of the iron. Therefore, we place the flower on a thick layer of paper - cover it with a paper napkin (to absorb moisture) and cover it with paper on top too (the layer should be thick enough not to allow excess heat from the iron to pass through... or if there is not enough paper, then we do not set the iron at full power).

Heat the iron and apply it to the plant several times. Between the butts - change the dampened napkin for a new dry one... And it is important not to turn on the STEAM MODE on the iron To prevent the flowers from boiling, it is important to heat them and then cool them... then heat them again and cool them. That is, you need to tinker a lot... but you will have beautiful colored buds (bright and vibrant).

And also... IMPORTANT NOTE... take care of yourself - Do not use newspaper when working with the iron. The fumes from hot printing ink contain toxic lead fumes (it’s not for nothing that after three years of work, newsstand workers end up in hospitals with very serious diagnoses... although official medical statistics do not yet take this into account and newsstand workers are not classified as hazardous professions... but that’s because they there is no trade union and there is no one to defend their rights. If you work with newspapers, do a blood test for biochemistry and see which heavy metals are higher in your analysis).

The third method is in the microwave.

Everything is simple here - we make the same press from paper sheets - between them the plant is also layered with a paper napkin (to absorb moisture)... You can probably try to press it all down with a bowl of water to make the pressing heavier... And turn on the microwave....

As a result, our dried flowers are bright and juicy and look beautiful in any picture of herbs, flowers and leaves.

The quarter method is in a homemade oven.

There are special ovens for drying flowers - you can look for them on sale. Or you can make a prototype of them yourself.

We place the flower between two layers of napkin - and place this paper and flower “sandwich” between two ceramic tiles. Now you can put this press down on a gas burner (or in a microwave, or in an oven) and heat... then cool, change dampened napkins... and heat again. Ceramics will allow the plant to breathe and absorb excess vapor.

VARIETIES OF PICTURES FROM DRY FLOWERS…

In addition to bouquet arrangements in floral applique vases, you can make other paintings from floral material.

For example it could be flower baskets...

It could be bouquets in oriental design... Japanese ekibans and other compositions.

You can combine applications from flowers with WATERCOLORS... or with KNITTED LACE.

You can add interesting flowers to a picture origami paper inserts... or inclusions using the decoupage technique.

Can be done PRINTED and WRITTEN TEXT background for such applications of summer flowers.

From dried flowers, herbs and leaves, you can make not only still lifes with vases... but also whole LANDSCAPE PICTURES... with trees made of branches and leaves... grass and flowers. For the background you can use watercolor to paint the background of the earth, water and sky.

You can draw on paper details of gallant ladies and gentlemen(faces, hats, corsets, skirts)... paste them with colored petals and put these colorful puzzles on the picture... decorate everything with floral motifs from flowers (pictured below).

You can use the same technique of “paper contours covered with leaves” to make beautiful autumn paintings depicting birds and animals. In addition to leaves and petals, can be used for applications straws or corn cake. These ideas for autumn applications can be used to make children's crafts for the garden and school. I will publish a more complete collection of ideas for autumn crafts for children in the article “AUTUMN crafts for the GARDEN and school.

You can decorate greeting cards with the same flowers... After gluing the flowers to the surface of the card, you can coat the top with hairspray (or apply stationery acrylic varnish with a soft brush). This will make the flowers stronger and shinier.

Or bookmarks. After sticking flowers on such bookmarks, they can be attributed for lamination - to have the laminating machine seal these flower bookmarks between two layers of plastic.

These are the ideas for paintings made from dried flowers and natural plant material that I have selected for you today.

But that's not all.

While I was working on this article, more material accumulated on the theme PICTURES FROM PETALS of fresh flowers. There will be many more great ideas for DIY appliqués made from natural materials.

Types of applications

Overlay applique. Try to start by coming up with pictures that do not require cutting out any details from the leaves, but are created by overlaying the leaves. You can come up with a lot of such pictures: butterflies, mushrooms, chickens and other birds... The missing elements can be drawn in with a felt-tip pen or made from other natural materials.

Having mastered simple pictures, children can begin to come up with multi-tiered images. In this technique, leaves are glued on top of each other in layers. The application will turn out bright and cheerful if the leaves are different in color.

Silhouette applique. In this type of appliqué, excess parts of the leaf are cut off so that the result is exactly what the little artist intended.

Modular application (mosaic). Using this technique, a picture is created by gluing many leaves of the same or similar shape and size (or, for example, maple seeds). This way you can make the scales of a fish, the tail of a cockerel or a firebird.

Symmetrical applique. It is used to create individual images or entire paintings with a symmetrical structure, as well as to obtain two completely identical images (for example, reflection in water). To do this, you need to select similar leaves to get an image with its “reflection” or symmetrical in itself (“Butterfly”, “Dragonfly”, “Landscape with a lake”, “Boat on the river”).

Ribbon applique - a type of symmetrical appliqué. Its difference is that it allows you to get not one or two, but many identical images - ornaments. You get a whole “round dance” of trees, flowers, mushrooms, butterflies, etc.

My daughter Katya, wearing this wreath, became the “Queen of Autumn” in 2007!

In my deep conviction, our education, starting from Soviet times, has been built on the following principle:

“If you didn’t complete the teacher’s assignment as a child, you will still do it when you help your child” :-).

So, dear mothers, since we met on this page, it means your child has been given the task of bringing an autumn craft. Did you guess right?

I have no doubt that you will now breathe a sigh of relief! I've collected a bunch of ideas, and your fall leaf craft will definitely delight your teacher! 🙂

In order not to confuse the entire experience of mankind in this matter, I tried to combine collages and applications that were similar in meaning.

Let's begin!

Portrait of autumn leaves

I didn't find many examples of people using natural materials, but there are enough for inspiration. The face can be glued together from several fragments and an oval of the desired shape can be cut out.

For a hairstyle or a hat, we choose coarser plants. You can use spikelets or stems of dried herbs.

Here are some more very cute characters with “mood.” Mommies. Don't try to find the right shape of leaves. To make the head, simply cut out a circle or oval from any sheet of paper. If you don't have dried narrow blades of grass for your hair, cut a large leaf into thin strips.

I also found babies for them, though not from leaves, but from acorns. To make them quickly, you will need a glue gun and a permanent marker. The scarf can be made from scraps of felt or any other bright fabric. Incomparable kids!

Birds-butterflies-animals

This is the most common type of autumn creativity. We make cute animals and insects from dry leaves of different colors and shapes. The hardest part to find is leaves in contrasting colors, as almost everything turns yellowish-brown once they dry out.

To have a choice, dry not only autumn ones, but also green leaves too, then the color palette will be much wider and you will definitely get something from this. By the way, dry rose petals look great on a peacock's tail, take note:

Here are simple and expressive birds. By the way, leaves with small flaws look quite harmonious; there are always many unexpected spots in the plumage of birds. a couple of lines with a pen, and the beak becomes like a beak. Chickens are made in a minute, you can make a whole brood.

Impossibly handsome... He bit off an apple :-). This collage is made using colored cardboard pieces. My version of the hedgehog is on the right in the frame. We also sprinkled semolina porridge on PVA glue here and there. I hope the teacher likes it...

Here is another option for those who can draw these simple drawings. Draw the lion's head and fish large - on the entire landscape sheet. Cardboard is preferable. The rest is clear from the illustration!

Information for educators and teachers! , there is a lot of useful and accessible stuff there!

Dry leaf hairstyle

In these pictures of their leaves, lips, eyes and even eyelashes are cut out, but the face can simply be drawn, without laying out thin twigs, but we make a mop of hair not just from individual leaves, but from whole twigs with dry leaves. The fact that they are dried not in one plane, but in volume, gives our work a special charm. Well, what a beauty... I found it on my favorite social networks and decided to post it here so that the idea wouldn’t get lost.

Cutting figures from fallen leaves

I highlighted these collages separately because autumn leaves are used a little differently - they are just material for cutting out simple shapes and letters. This needs to be done BEFORE the sheet dries, otherwise it will crumble . First we cut it out, then dry it in the usual way in an old book or between sheets of newspaper. This way you can cut out entire words and phrases.

To ensure that the letters are neat, print them on a printer of the desired size.

Now we put copy paper on the autumn sheet, with your printout on top. We outline so that the drawing remains on the yellow sheet. All that's left to do is cut!

This way you can make not only letters of the alphabet, but also simple silhouettes (animals, houses, clouds).

Interesting examples of paintings from autumn leaves:

Thuja twigs are used here, and the desired shape for the applique is cut out of dry leaves. For the house you will need thin dry twigs, but you can also assemble them from matches.

You can get an idea from this picture. The woman's profile is simply drawn, but the leaves in her hair could be not paper ones, but real ones ! Is it difficult to find them in different sizes and shapes to make such a beauty?

Here are some cute owls. A silhouette is cut out of paper, then we glue the leaves, as shown in the figure, and at the end of the work, we trim all the protruding excess along the contour of the cardboard blank. We make the eyes from paper of a contrasting color.

Multicolored collages

Autumn leaves are so beautiful on their own that they look great framed and without any plot. Look how beautiful it is! The first layer is dark leaves, then put the contrasting and most beautiful ones, so you will feel the volume. Everything is framed.

I also liked the idea: on a collage of leaves we put a sheet of thick cardboard, in which a letter or a simple figure is cut out with a stationery knife.

Another unusual technique, which for some reason is called "iris folding" , I discovered on the “Country of Masters” website. A detailed master class is here: http://stranamasterov.ru/node/99098

Photo frame

For the autumn exhibition, you can make frames for photographs and for the design of essays and poems on the theme of autumn. Here are the options I found. In my opinion, it is very simple and effective.

Interior decoration

Crafts made from autumn leaves can be very romantic.

To get such a tree, you need to dry the leaves in advance, and then reattach them to a beautiful branch with transparent adhesive tape.

We work with a hammer...

Unusual technique. I saw it on an American website, translation and . The idea is that fallen leaves are placed between watercolor paper and a napkin and carefully tapped over the entire surface with a hammer so that the coloring pigment remains on the paper.