Applique girl made of leaves and flowers. Do-it-yourself portrait from leaves: four ideas for children's creativity

Painting of flowers and leaves "oshibana". Master class “Quiet Marina”

The target audience: children over 12 years old, teachers, parents
Purpose: making a painting as a gift
Purpose of the master class: performing decorative and applied work using the “Planar Floristry” technique.
Tasks:
1. Teach:
Learn how to work with natural materials (collecting and drying plants)
2. Develop:
Develop emotional sphere, creative thinking, imagination and fantasy.
Develop fine motor skills.
3. Educate:
To foster independence, creativity, and aesthetic feelings in children.

Any plant material is good in itself, in its, so to speak, original form. Nature presented in it all possible forms with symmetry and asymmetry, color and texture, and even aromas. Therefore, the desire to bring this perfection into your home and somehow capture it in pictures is understandable.
Floristics- this is a special type of creativity. It combines a reverent attitude towards all living things, observation, the ability to see the beautiful, unique in every small blade of grass and an artistic perception of the world as a whole. Floral painting has such an arsenal expressive means, so many techniques and creative techniques, which, perhaps, no other form of fine art possesses.
Creating compositions from dried flowers as a form of traditional art has existed for many hundreds of years in Japan. There it received the name “osibana” (mistake), which translated means “pressed flowers.” In China and its neighboring countries, Thailand, Korea and others, the making of pressed flowers has been a separate, highly revered craft since ancient times.
Plants that are suitable for planar floristry can be collected within all year round, because each season has its own beauty and opportunities. Spring will give dried leaves from wild plants. In summer you can dry flowers and collect poplar fluff for compositions. Autumn is “red”, which means colorful autumn leaves from trees like oak, maple, rowan and brightly colored fruits. In winter, seeds are collected from ash and maple trees. As the main background, you can use all available means - beautiful paper, Whatman paper, interesting pieces of wallpaper, anything will do.
Planar floristry- this is not only painstaking work, but also a pleasant, exciting activity. To join this art, you do not have to be a professional artist. You just need to understand the texture of natural materials and learn to combine them organically and thus become a co-author of nature itself.
Using available tools and materials, you can create your own unique compositions that can decorate your interior or serve as a wonderful gift.

Rules for collecting and drying plants

To create interesting works, it is absolutely necessary that natural materials be as diverse as possible, differing in texture, shape and color.
Collect plants that will later become “paints”, with early spring until late autumn, even at the beginning of winter. It is necessary to remember several rules for collecting and drying plants.
1. Plants can only be collected in dry weather.
2. Dry stems and leaves separately from flowers. Dry asteraceae (marigolds, poppies, lilies) in parts, separating the petals. Dry daisies, violets, umbellifers, cereals, heather whole.
3. Place plants between sheets of paper so that they do not wrinkle. Press down on top with a weight whose weight can range from 4-5 to 10-15 kg. The air temperature is not lower than 22-24 degrees. In autumn and winter, it is necessary to dry plants near heated radiators. After a day, check the quality of drying of the plants, if necessary, change the paper - and so on until the plants are completely dry for 2-3 weeks.
4. No need to throw away plants that are lost natural look. The entire palette of pastel shades can be useful in your work.

Master Class

To make applications from dried plants you will need following tools and materials:
- scissors (large and manicure);
- tweezers;
- medium soft pencil;
- base material ( thick cardboard);
- material for decorating the picture (frame with glass, 2-3 mm thick);
- PVA glue;
- brushes or thin sticks for glue;
- press-dried plants (corn cob wrappers, leaves of viburnum, poplar, burdock, maple, strawberry, grapes, lilac, rose petals, twigs of wormwood, birch, birch bark, cattail).

Attention! All plants are interchangeable, so if the listed plants are not on hand, you can replace them with similar ones in color and texture.
Before starting work, we make a sketch with light strokes on thick cardboard with minimal elaboration, taking into account the opportunity to improvise during the work. We outline the contours of the image, paying special attention to the main lines and shapes - the horizon, the foreground.

We depict the sky as birch bark different shades(from white to beige). To do this, we use the inner and outer parts of birch bark. We try to combine colors so that they smoothly transition into each other, achieving the effect of blurry clouds. Coat generously inner side birch bark with glue and glue it to the base according to the outlined contours. For more thorough gluing, after each stage it is necessary to put the work under the press for some time.

Apply a primary layer to depict the water surface. We apply inner part the bark of a slightly rotten birch tree. It already has the colors and shades necessary to depict ripples on water.

We depict the shore in the foreground. Using a set of leaves green shades(from light to dark) a variety of plants.

We depict the forest in the background. To get a picturesque background for the next stage of work, we use leaves of yellow and green flowers. We place them horizontally.

Let's return to a more detailed study of the water surface. Creating a sunny path. This is the lightest part, so we lay it out using the outer side of white birch bark. For darkened parts of the water, dark shades of birch bark are needed. Perfect for this inner layer rotten bark.

We move on to a more thorough study of the forest in the background. To depict numerous aerial plans and diverse different types trees, we will use dark poplar leaves; grapes, lilacs, yellow leaves autumn birches, red maple leaves. To depict a coniferous forest, different types of wormwood (white and green) are suitable. We glue all the leaves vertically.

We begin to work on the boat, which is located in the background. First, draw it on paper, cut it out and glue it slightly to the left of the middle.

To depict the boat we use dry autumn cattail leaves. Let's start with the body. The boat is made of wood, so it is necessary to depict this in the work. On the outside of the boat we will lay out boards of gray-brown leaves, placing them horizontally. The boards in the inner part of the boat are in the shade, so we use dark brown leaves. We will stick light stripes along the entire perimeter of the top of the boat to show the thickness wooden base. In the inside of the boat it is also necessary to depict three boards for sitting: stern, rowing and bow. For this we use leaves beige colour, placing them perpendicularly.

On the shore, in the background, we place three birch trees made from the outer layer of white birch bark. We cut out the desired shape of the trunk with scissors and glue it according to the composition.

We are working on the structure of tree bark. Old trees have many irregularities, various cracks, and tubercles, which, of course, should not be ignored. We line them with birch bark of different shades. On shadow side We put darker pieces of birch bark on the trunks. We mark dark lines and spots on the tree bark, trying to place them as chaotically as possible.

Let's move on to the crown. When depicting trees, we must consider anatomical structure and the shape of the branches characteristic of birches. We form the crown from poplar and birch leaves using the hand-plucking technique. On the crown of the tree we add thin hanging branches. At the same time we depict birches in the background. We use the same set of leaves. We stick to the same technique.

We are working on the second boat, using the same techniques, materials and work techniques as on the first. We depict the shadow of the boat on the surface of the water, which is covered with light ripples. To emphasize this, the material used is uneven and broken. For this effect, torn birch bark was used on the inner part of the dark bark, and the outer, lighter part was used to depict highlights.

Let's move on to a more thorough study of the foreground details. We place a bush at the base of the tree and next to the boat. The density of the herbaceous cover is conveyed by plants of different shapes and textures: white sweet clover, oregano, dandelion, grass-like plants. From curly decorative indoor plants We lay out small islands in the background.
Now everything has fallen into place, and the composition can be considered complete.

We insert the finished picture into a frame under glass.

Close-up of boats.

Close-up of the crown of birch trees.

Collecting fallen leaves from trees different forms and shades is an interesting activity. Unfortunately, there is no place to store a lush bouquet of foliage in the apartment. But you can find a way out of this situation by trying, for example, to create beautiful paintings from autumn leaves.

To create a small masterpiece, all you need is desire and a little imagination.

To do this, you don’t need any special professionalism; all you need is the desire to create a small masterpiece and a little imagination.

What techniques and options exist?

There are a lot of techniques that can be used to create real works of art from fallen leaves. We list the most popular options:

• Three-dimensional paintings;
• Floating leaves on the canvas;
• Paintings made from painted dried leaves;
• Landscapes with leaf prints;
• Stamped paintings;
• Flat paintings with dry herbs and leaves;
• Landscape;
• Portraits;
• Application;
• Graphic;
• Paintings created using mosaic technique;
• Bulk paintings made of leaves.

Execution styles in the photo

This picture looks like a real work of art

Original interior decoration

Painted leaves will help create a spectacular composition

Leaf prints can be any color

Painted leaves leave unusual imprints on paper

Combining different flowers, leaves and spikelets will help create an incredibly realistic picture

Autumn landscape, “written” by fallen leaves

Mosaic technique allows you to create very unusual and stylish paintings

Such paintings will help diversify any interior.

You can “draw” a beautiful portrait from leaves

Painting “Autumn Girl”

Necessary materials

• Fiberboard measuring 50x40 centimeters;
• PVA glue;
• Acrylic varnish (best matte);
• Acrylic paints (in our example we used gold, white, bronze);
• Yellow watercolor paint;
• Wide brush;
• Decorative materials for decorating the canvas: ears of wheat, autumn leaves, twigs, acorns, herbs, rowan or viburnum berries, etc.

Step-by-step instruction

Helpful tip: Before making a picture of autumn leaves, you need to dry them. To do this, place a few leaves between the pages of the book and leave them there for several days. This way they will dry faster and remain perfectly smooth.

1. Use a fiberboard sheet as a base. Make the front side of the painting on its rough side.
2. Mix dry glue with water to form a thick mass to which the necessary materials can be easily attached. The solution can also be prepared in this way: mix dry glue with flour in a ratio of 6 to 3 and add a little PVA glue.
3. When the mixture reaches the viscous consistency we need, mix everything well and apply to the frame.
4. Generously coat the canvas with PVA glue along the entire perimeter of the frame. Let it dry a little. Then apply the pre-prepared mass on top (the layer thickness should be approximately 1 centimeter).
5. Immediately place ears of wheat on top of it and sprinkle with millet. Press them in as tightly as possible, but so that they remain on the surface.
6. Then lift the painting and gently shake off any excess grain.
7. After half an hour, mix PVA glue and acrylic varnish (in a ratio of 1 to 1), cover the ears and millet with the resulting mixture. Immediately after application, the color of the composition will be white, but after drying it will turn transparent.
8. After the glue and varnish are completely dry, paint the frame with gold paint. To do this, use a wide brush. Next, paint the spikelets with bronze paint.
9. Pour some white acrylic paint into a small container and add water. This way the paint will go on more evenly.
10. Also paint the surface of the fiberboard. Do this very carefully so as not to touch the frame. Your fiberboard sheet will look like a canvas.
11. Once the paint has dried a little, begin applying the background.
12. Make all strokes smooth. Paint the middle, closer to the top, with white paint.
13. Next, start darkening the background. The middle should be slightly lighter than the main tone of the canvas. The closer you move to the edges (the frame of the painting), the darker the base color. To do this, after coloring the center, pour in white paint a little golden.
14. Then add a little yellow tone. Take yellow watercolor paint, first lightly mixing it with white so that it is not too bright, and paint over it a little White background. Set the workpiece aside until completely dry.
15. For decoration in our example, we used various autumn leaves, thin birch branches and various dry herbs. You may also need rowan berries, some acorns and flowers.
16. Take the already dried painting blank and start decorating it. Draw a silhouette of a girl on a landscape sheet. If you don't know how to draw, you can find a ready-made sample. Cut it along the outline.
17. Next, cut the skirt from the outline and color it top part female silhouette in gold color. You can use the same paint that was used to paint the base. Cut several small strips from the remaining paper. These will be eyelashes.
18. Glue the top part of the workpiece onto the canvas. Then form a wreath of grass, leaves and rowan berries on the girl’s head. To fix it on the canvas, mix PVA glue and acrylic paint in a 1:1 ratio. You will use this mixture to attach other parts in the future.
19. Using the previously prepared layout, make a girl’s skirt from leaves. Glue them in rows, starting from the hem and going up.
20. Attach several branches with leaves near the girl’s hands. You can also use additional decorative elements.
21. Glue branches and leaves on both sides of the girl, laying them out in the shape of a tree. Glue them from the top level, gradually moving down.
22. In the left bottom corner Glue a few leaves, blades of grass, small flowers and acorns into the picture.
23. If there is still free space left in the painting, you can fill it in the same way or simply paint it with gold paint.
24. After finishing the work, paint the entire picture with a mixture of varnish and glue. This will make it more voluminous and shiny.

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Large maple leaf

What do you need for work?

• A sheet of plywood or thick cardboard;
• Pencil;
• Maple leaves;
• PVA glue;
• Brush or sponge.

Stages

1. Take a small sheet of plywood or thick cardboard and draw the outline of a maple leaf on it with a simple pencil.
2. Prepare the collected autumn leaves. You can dry them in a book. This will take several days. You can also use more in a fast way drying: place the leaves on parchment and place in the oven for 5-10 minutes, preheated to approximately 120°C.
3. Place the dry sheets along the contour of the drawing on the plywood, gradually filling the entire sketch. Next, grease each of them with PVA glue and secure it to the base of the picture. Set the workpiece aside until completely dry.
4. Please note that after the glue has completely dried, the sheets will become very hard. If there are any excess edges left, you can carefully trim them with nail scissors.
5. Glue the dry blank to a sheet of plywood or cardboard. To make it stick better, use superglue.
6. To make a stem for our big one decorative sheet, take a straight twig and also attach it with superglue.

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Final result

Video: Application "Fish" from autumn leaves

Other ideas using photo examples

You will be interested in making this applique with your children.

Please note: varnished painting looks better quality

An original approach to the standard method

Exclusive relief painting

White leaves will help to depict snow in the picture

Colorful leaves various shapes will help you create a portrait of a loved one

Autumn crafts and paintings look very beautiful and original. It’s especially fun to create them with little children. The work is, of course, painstaking, but in the end you will get a unique piece of jewelry that you can give to your family or, for example, use to decorate your interior.

Here we are not talking about children's applications. We will do ADULT masterpieces – for interior decoration. Although there will be children's work here too, you'll see.

So, how to make paintings with your own hands from dry or succulent leaves, flowers and herbs.

There you are DIFFERENT ways… And DIFFERENT techniques crafts made from leaves in the form of paintings.

And every craft-picture is possible even for a beginner to the master craftsman.

Hey, let's dive into the creative impulse.

Three-dimensional painting of DRY LEAVES AND ACORNs

(the essence of the work is with your own hands)

Let's start with a bright artistic “canvas” - an autumn composition of leaves and acorns...

The essence of the work– We take a sheet of plywood and the leaves are glued overlapping each other... The edges plywood sheet We leave them clean - we will stuff our frame there.

A picture made from dry leaves turns out to be three-dimensional, so we won’t place it under glass. And the frame comes separately without glass (just a frame made of wooden slats... and just a piece of plywood (or fiberboard) in the size of this frame.) And then we choose a method to your taste - with acrylic varnish, or with paraffin from candles. Even small children can participate in such a picture. This idea can be implemented in creativity circles.

Method with acrylic varnish. We buy acrylic varnish for crafts at the store. We pasted the leaves onto the canvases...applied a layer of varnish, let it dry...applied another layer...dried it again...and another layer...etc. until it shines the way you want.

Paraffin method. Melt the candles in a saucepan. They dipped each sheet and placed it on the canvas. They themselves will stick to each other with paraffin. A very quick and easy way to make a brilliant autumn leaf painting. Leaves sealed in paraffin may not lose their richness of shape and color for years.

You can lay out such pictures by arranging leaves in a chaotic manner. Or you can come up with a specific pattern. Harmony of smooth color transitions.

You can also try and make circular symmetrical patterns from leaves of different sizes and colors. They are called mandalas. Some other ancient peoples came up with such centric patterns, and it is believed that they have the magic of harmony and beauty. Mandalas are nice to look at. In our case, the magic of our mandalas will be made of light and pure material: natural foliage - therefore such centric paintings will only heal and soothe, like nature itself.

Of course it was carried out here painstaking work- need to so that the size of the leaves were the same in each circle. And to each circular row differed from each other in the size and shape of its repeating element.

Such paintings can be made from leaves and dry herbs TO COLOR YOUR INTERIOR. So that the painting fits perfectly into the room.

In bright orange tones - for an orange-yellow interior.

Or for an interior in dark chocolate-muted tones... another composition of autumn leaves will do.

Well, now another great idea...

Paintings from FLOATING leaves.

Look at the photo below. Like? Me too)). Do you want to do it yourself - exactly like this? Then read on.

If you dry the leaves - without pinching them between the pages of a book - but simply put them in a flat box (for example, a candy box) and cover with semolina ... then this is what happens...

The cereal will press the leaf just enough to keep him from curling up when drying - and then the leaf will dry, retaining its smooth, elegant shape.

Such leaves can be mounted behind glass in a frame... and they will be beautiful and even inside the picture.

You say…“Yeah... but here in the photo you can see that the leaves are not clamped by the frame... but seem to be floating inside the frame. How to do it?

Very simple. We need a frame - with emptiness inside(search for sale or make it yourself...

In order to make such a deep air frame-box we need... take regular frame with glass (slats and glazing)… a thin sheet of plywood (or fiberboard)… and four pieces of lumber (thick slats… the thicker the slatted timber, the larger the space inside the frame will be)…

And now, having collected everything we need, we create the design of such a frame-box...

We stuff bars onto a sheet of plywood - i.e. we create the sides... and on these sides we attach our upper covered frame on top. And in the end we get a frame with air inside - a frame-box.

How to make a sheet “float” inside a frame-box...

First, create the background– our plywood frame bottom...or we PAINT it in White color... or COVER it with white paper.

We place the leaves in the center... and look at where this leaf has the most central place. Mark this place with a pencil at the bottom of the frame.

We will glue our leaf to this stump (foam or wood). And it turns out that he seemed to be hanging in the air and does not touch the wall of its frame.

And you can make it even cooler...

You can create the illusion of a leaf with a frame, lying on the sand...Here's how to do it...

Before we can glue our sheet to the “stump” SAND BACKGROUND at the bottom of the frame. To do this, take a glue gun... and apply uneven layer of glue on the bottom of the frame... somewhere thicker, somewhere less... And until the glue dries pour fine river sand on it. Let it dry and after drying, shake out the excess sand from the frame. We look, and if there are any unsanded places left... Lubricate these bald places with glue again and sprinkle with sand again.

If you don't have a glue gun (by the way, you can buy it at any hardware store for $7)... then you can use regular PVA glue - also apply a thicker layer and sand it with sand... but it will take longer to dry... and it’s better to take fine sand, PVA glue will not hold coarse gravel.

As a result, you will get beautiful paintings - as if the leaves are lying on the sand...

And also in such a framework and you can place not just CLEAR autumn leaves - but painted ones, with a picture drawn on them.

LEAVES-PICTURES

leaf painting technique.

You can lay out pictures with leaves, or you can draw pictures on the leaves themselves. Paint - oil or gouache.

If you work with gouache, then after completing the drawing you need to spray the picture with hairspray (to fix the paint and give it a richer brightness, as in the photo below).

Such original paintings on leaves can be given as gifts to family and friends; they can even be timed to coincide with the New Year.

And so that the painting, a gift from an autumn leaf, can be preserved for a long time - has not dried out, has not shrunk, has not curled up, it needs to be seal in paraffin(or wax). To do this, melt the candles in a bowl and dip the leaves into paraffin by the tail. We take it out and dry it, hanging it by the tail on threads.

And if you are not an artist, then you can draw simple graphic patterns - the usual symmetry of geometric repeating shapes.

Simple master class

according to the patterns on the leaves.

And you know what, I’ll probably make you fall in love with the idea of ​​paintings on autumn leaves. I'll give you instructions, along with whom he will come understanding, and interest, desire and love will come along with the company.

Let's start with the simplest crafts - paintings on leaves. For example, such silhouette drawings... They have only a BACKGROUND and only a DARK SILHOUETTE. The background is simple. And the silhouette is simple. That’s why we’ll start with such simple artistic tasks so as not to scare you away, but to lure you.

We find a beautiful picture on the Internet. For example, this one. We print it out at a photo printing kiosk (I don’t think you have a color printer at home).

On a blank sheet of paper trace a maple leaf with a pencil, cut out the outlined silhouette - we get a stencil with a hole in the shape of a maple leaf. And with this maple hole we apply a paper stencil to our picture in the place we like. For example like this.

And now you can redraw the picture from this paper sample onto a maple leaf. First the background is the sky and water, then the black silhouette of a dolphin. You can also make a holey stencil out of paper for the dolphin - put it on the background and paint it with black paint.

Using this principle you can do any episodes from any pictures. At least from Mono Lisa. Elements with eyes look impressive - the predatory gaze of a bird, or the mysterious gaze of a woman.

BIT DRAWINGS look very nice, drawn with a cotton swab. Here, too, we first make the background. Let's dry it. And then we draw a drawing with dots. The easiest one to start with. For example, the silhouette of the Eiffel Tower.

Pictures on leaves with a SMOOTH COLOR TRANSITION look very interesting. Gradient play of paint shades (as in the picture below). Here's how to create such a delicate background for your painting at home...

To make a background on a leaf with a SMOOTH OVERFLOW effect From one shade to another you need to use not a brush, but a foam sponge with small pores.

• Apply wide stripes of paint to the sponge - yellow, yellow-orange mixed, orange.
• We print the sponge onto the sheet.
• The first print will be faded, so we reapply stripes of ink and repeat this process several times until the background is the desired saturation.

Then, with a thin brush, we apply black contours of the silhouette (for example, a bird), and paint over the contours. You can cut out the silhouette of a bird from paper and trace it. Or cut out a stencil of a bird's hole - put it on a sheet and paint it over.

You can draw any thing on maple leaves, the simplest and the most complex. Citrus slices or an illustration from the fairy tale The Little Prince.

Paintings PRINTS

from painted leaves.

Children often make prints of autumn leaves during classes at school or kindergarten. Chalk or paints.

Using the chalk print technique, we put white paper on top of an autumn leaf - and shade it all with chalk - from the shading, all the roughness of the leaf appears on the paper.

And in the technique with paint - we apply paint to an autumn leaf with a sponge (better than just a brush) and, before it dries, quickly press the leaf with the painted side to the paper.

And it turns out very interesting when we do not make an orange sheet on white paper, but on the contrary, first we paint the paper in Orange color gouache, and then cover the sheet with white paint and create a white imprint of the sheet on an orange background. It turns out much more interesting and richer in color. Do you agree?

Such leaf prints can be collaged into an interesting picture.

Like in the photo below - the picture was initially divided into zones... for each zone a different background of splashes was chosen (I will tell you how to make a background of splashes in the same article below)...

And then a separate stamp sheet is applied to each zone. The result is an original work of art

And you can make it even more beautiful... if you apply the imprint of an autumn leaf not on a clean one White list, but on prepared. We apply typos of colored soap bubbles to the sheet in advance.... and then when the prints are dry... apply leaf prints to this bubble background. It's quite simple - ordinary soap solution pour it into jars, add colored gouache - and use a cocktail tube to inflate a bubble and, when it is already large, tilt it towards the paper so that it bursts on it.

And it will feel AS IF these leaves float in puddles when it rains... have you ever seen how rain raises bubbles in puddles and leaves float in this bubbly puddle... Like this a picture of leaves and splashes of rain... will become a real decoration of your room...

Leaf paintings

backprints.

“Reverse prints” is the name I came up with for a technique that produces this is the result- stencil technology. (photo below).

The stencil technique is simple - very simple. Look...

1. Take a white sheet of paper... put a leaf, a stem of grass, or a twig on it.
2. Place this sheet inside big box(the more the better) now you will understand why...
3. We take a can of colored paint in our hand and spray it on top of the paper with the leaf/stem/flower lying on it. (Since all our work is carried out inside the box, splashes do not scatter around the room and do not stain the furniture).

As a result, the entire sheet is painted in a rich color... and the place where the twig was remains painted over.

And as the spray flies out of the can under different angles tilt– we do not have clear contours of the plant... but a sort of blurred shadow of the leaf... which only adds artistic expressiveness to our picture of leaves.

Or you can use a simpler spray bottle, made from a toothbrush.

Use regular watercolor or gouache, and use a regular toothbrush as a spray.

Paintings stamps - from succulent leaves.

Or you can leave it on paper sheet imprint- at all in a clumsy way. Or rather, “hammer”

We take paper - put a leaf (juicy green, yellow, red) - cover it with a paper napkin - and on top of the napkin we knock and hit the leaf with a hammer. As a result, the juice and pigment from the sheet are reprinted onto paper.

You can print each sheet separately... placing leaf after leaf... gradually coming up with the plot of the composition.

Or you can immediately unfold it all sheet and flower arrangement- in our future picture - cover with a napkin and thresh selflessly - until the plants are completely torn to pieces.

So that their bright souls remain captured forever - on your imperishable canvas.

FLAT picture

from dry herbs, leaves and flowers.

And of course - a standard version of the picture from natural materials. When herbs, leaves and flowers dry out in flat between the pages of books. And in such a pressed form they are laid out on paintings.

You will find even more such FLAT flower paintings in my article .

THE BEST WAY TO DRY LEAVES AND HERBS

(so as not to spoil the books).

We wrap the sheet on both sides with a paper napkin, then with thick paper, then with a cotton diaper and iron it.

The iron should not be very hot (otherwise the sheet will turn black). We ironed it a little, and it warmed up a little, as if in the summer sun. Left some moisture in the napkin. Then we changed the napkin to a dry one and repeated.

And after that you can also put it in a paper napkin between heavy books.

Marker paintings with leaves

(simple graphics).

You can simply draw any picture with a black marker - and the leaves will only play a role individual elements added to your graphics.

Leaf paintings

In mosaic technique.

Mosaic technique is the most beautiful, in my opinion. Very soft, airy, real lace made from natural materials. And it’s so nice to lay out piece by piece - gently, precisely, achieving the right similarity.

First, put everything on dry paper - then photograph the final version. Remove everything from the sheet - carefully placing each element in a box. And then, with glue in hand, lay out the mosaic picture, checking the photo sample.

As a basis, you need to take a sheet of paper with the silhouette of the animal transferred to it. Place a piece of paper on the computer screen with a picture and draw the outline of the animal with a faint pencil line. And then slowly fill all this space with pieces of leaves.

Deer and owl are quite complex jobs. Your very first job should be simple so as not to discourage you. The simplest thing is a symmetrical animal. Same left and right. So you will simply start from the center - and at the same time lay out identical pieces of plants to the right and left of it.

As a material, you can use dry leaves, or leaves sealed in paraffin (dipped in melted candle wax).

Leaf paintings

In multilayer technique.

Or you can make an applique of leaves - using a three-dimensional technique - when the texture of the leaf conveys the texture of the animal... like here in the picture of leaves with owls - when the texture and shape of the leaves conveys the texture and shape of the feathers.

And you can also sell your work - so I found a very interesting site where the author sells - not the crafts themselves - but postcards depicting these works. And not cheap - but at a good price. A great example of a beautiful hobby and business in one. https://www.floraforager.com/

Paintings from leaves with birds

Master Class

(based on children's coloring books).

You can create a picture that you paint with leaves - like an artist with brush strokes. Each leaf is a broad stroke of an artist's brush. For such a picture, you need to print out an ordinary children's coloring book with a bird on a printer - in large size.

And then decorate this picture, but not with pencils, but with leaves. Lay out each element of the decoration with leaves of a certain color. And you will receive an exclusive painting of leaves.

There are a lot of coloring pages with birds on Google - print them out and try using dry autumn leaves to turn this ordinary children's coloring book into a real masterpiece. You can be proud of your work.

You can make spring paintings from leaves if you dry whole branches cherry blossoms. Flowers are pressed between paper napkins. If you want the flowers to be voluminous, then you can sprinkle them with dry semolina, or sifted with very dry river sand.

These are quite simple applications from leaves - for 1st grade of school... For such simple applications I will write a separate article... and then there will be a link to it here.

You will find even more options for applications from autumn leaves in my article

Landscape paintings - from dry leaves and flowers.

Here are the paintings he makes from leaves, flower petals and herbs one French artist... Below you will see her contacts... if you like such works... you can contact the author to order a similar masterpiece for yourself.

It's a shame that you can't enlarge them to see everything in great detail.

You can also make small leaves out of landscape works. Which do not require so much effort and such expenditure of natural material.

Paintings PORTRAITS - from dry leaves.

And here are the compositions of autumn leaves that are folded in the outline of a woman's head.

You can make a whole gallery of paintings from leaves in the theme “Very Woman”. And display it in your living room for all the guests to gasp.

Leaf painting

LOVERS.

And we will end our article with love. It all starts with her. Let everything continue with her.

Two lovers. A picture that is pleasing to the eye in any era and in any civilization.

As you can see, there are a lot of ideas...

Create. Don't be lazy to be happy. Life is given - not for plans for the future.

And I will definitely look new ideas for you...

I found it right now...

Yes, yes, and it’s all made from leaves - take a closer look... Read more at the link above.

AND MORE...

I have other articles on autumn bouquets and crafts made from natural autumn materials...

Beautiful hand-made paintings of dried leaves and flowers are perfect for decorating classrooms in schools and kindergartens on the theme of Autumn. Therefore, for the youngest artists we have selected best photos with examples and master classes on making such children's crafts. Simple instructions suitable for school grades 1-3, and for children from 3 years old, as well as secondary and senior group kindergarten Be sure to make thematic paintings and panels from dried flowers and leaves with your own hands or the hands of your children.

Cool paintings of leaves and flowers by children - a selection of photos with examples

Pick up good ideas on how to make paintings from dried flowers and leaves, you can see our photo examples. We have selected best options combining dry natural materials and creating from them full-fledged images, drawings with a plot. Both senior kindergarten students and schoolchildren can repeat such pictures.

A selection of photo paintings made from dried leaves and flowers, made by yourself

In our photo examples, children will find many cool images of dried flowers and leaves. Hand-made paintings in the form of animals and birds, natural landscapes are perfect for decorating classrooms in schools and kindergartens.

Beautiful paintings from leaves with your own hands on the theme "Autumn" for children - master classes

In autumn, changes in the natural world are especially noticeable, because during this period insects hide, and some animals hibernate. Therefore to school competition or an exhibition in the kindergarten, children can make a picture with their own hands from leaves on the theme of autumn with one of the animals or insects. With the help of our next master class, the guys will learn how to make cute ladybugs and butterflies.

Materials for making a beautiful autumn leaf painting with your own hands

• A4 sheet of paper;
• dry leaves different sizes and flowers;
• dried flower petals;
• PVA glue;
• wax crayons and pencils;
• brush;
• scissors.

Master class with photos of children making beautiful pictures from dry leaves on the theme “Autumn”

Video tutorial for children on making their own autumn pictures from dried leaves

Another interesting picture can be made in the following master class. A simple video will tell children from kindergarten and school how to correctly depict a beautiful hedgehog using natural dried materials.

Bright paintings of leaves and flowers for kindergarten - master classes for senior and middle groups

To the kids from kindergarten you'll definitely like it beautiful picture in the form of a postcard of leaves and flowers, made according to our next master class. Simple craft can be used as a gift.

Materials for making paintings from flowers and leaves with your own hands in the senior group of kindergarten

• dried flowers with long stems;
• thick cardboard (ideally a small canvas on a stretcher);
• brush;
• pencil;
• acrylic paint;
• sponge;
• glue for decoupage.

Master class with photos of creating a picture of flowers and leaves in the senior group of kindergarten

Video tutorial on making your own paintings from leaves and flowers for the middle group of kindergarten

Students in the middle or senior kindergarten group can create another cool picture with their own hands from dried flowers and leaves using the following video lesson. With its help, children will learn to create beautiful animals and birds.

Simple DIY leaf paintings for 3-year-old children - step-by-step master classes

From ordinary leaves, 3-year-old children can create with their own hands pictures not only of insects, but also of birds. Our master class will tell them how to make a cool turkey from natural materials.

Materials for making a simple painting by children 3 years old with their own hands from leaves

• multi-colored leaves of the same size (you can even not completely dry them);
• brown cardboard;
• self-adhesive eyes for toys;
• pencil;
• a piece of white cardboard;
• yellow paper;
• scissors.

Master class with photos of making your own paintings from dry leaves for children 3 years old

Video lesson on a simple painting from dried leaves for children 3 years old

To make it easier for children to work, you can use Maple leaves different sizes. They are the main material for creating cool images in next master class.

Our master classes with photos and videos will tell you how easy it is to make paintings from leaves with your own hands. Simple instructions suitable for older and middle group kindergarten, as well as grades 1-3 primary school. Original pictures of dried leaves and flowers can be used to participate in autumn competitions and exhibitions.

I'm here again today. This is an applique of leaves on the theme “Portrait of Autumn”. Sashulka collected a lot on the way from school different leaves and we decided to put them into action right away. Inspired by ideas found on the Internet, we got down to business. As a result, we have a charming autumn girl made of leaves.

For the craft we needed: glue stick, colored gel pens, a portrait printed on a printer (you can draw it yourself), various leaves that fit the shape, cardboard on which the portrait will be glued.

1. Find a picture of a girl or draw her yourself. You can use our girl template.

2. Now you should color the girl’s eyes and lips in the picture. We did this at the very end and it was very awkward to paint. We were afraid of crushing the leaves or peeling them off completely.

3. The next step is to select suitable leaves and apply them to the portrait. We arrange them the way they will look best.

4. And we begin the process of creating a hairstyle for our portrait. In the process, the child learns to feel and choose the appropriate shape of a leaf so that the picture looks more natural. Learns to create a harmonious picture.

5. Glue the last leaves onto the hairstyle. And we admire the created beauty. You can decorate a girl’s hairstyle with viburnum berries or the last autumn flowers, or you can make rowan beads. But we decided to leave the portrait like this.

Portrait without flash.

And a brightened portrait.

And here with makeup. 🙂

This is the hand-made autumn portrait we got from leaves. We spent about 30 minutes making it. And then most of it was spent searching for a portrait on the Internet. 🙂

Our other autumn ones can be viewed at the link:

I will be glad if our idea is useful to you for joint creativity with the kids. If you liked the article, save it to your bookmarks. I look forward to your comments.