A eco-friendly friendly gift to my sister by jhellenmjgr

Hello community, this time I want to share my latest painting works. This blue box is a present for my sister. She asked me for a painting over a year ago, but I was just getting back on it.

Learning this technique, easy as it may seem, took me a whole year! As my knowledge is empirical, I have wasted paint horribly, tried with different types of leaves and textures and it is always a surprise, so I highly recommend taking a face-to-face course, even if it is basic. For this painting I used cayenne leaves, a beautiful tropical flowering plant.

I chose it because its suction cups are strong and that is a great data when working with sheets: the more marked the suction cups and the edges, uff, the cleaner the work since we are using the sheet as a stencil, and the idea is that the sheet with the greatest amount of detail.

Hola comunidad, esta vez les quiero compartir mis últimos trabajos de pintura. Esta caja azul es un regalo para mi hermana. Ella me pidió una pintura hace más de un año, pero estaba volviendo a ella. ¡Aprender esta técnica, por fácil que parezca, me tomó un año entero!

Como mi conocimiento es empírico, he derrochado horriblemente la pintura, probado con diferentes tipos de hojas y texturas y siempre es una sorpresa, por lo que recomiendo mucho hacer un curso presencial, aunque sea básico.

Para esta pintura usé hojas de cayena, una hermosa planta con flores tropicales. Lo elegí porque sus ventosas son fuertes y eso es un gran dato a la hora de trabajar con láminas: cuanto más marcadas las ventosas y los bordes, uff, más limpio queda el trabajo ya que estamos usando la lámina como stencil, y la idea es que la hoja con la mayor cantidad de detalles.


Muy bien, la intención detras de mis manualidades y arte es eco-friendly. Siempre.

Materials : . Used canvases that were to be discarded
. Water-based acrylic paint (it can be normal paint and white glue is added to it.
. Brushes (I used the school ones that I have) .
. Fresh leaves

procedure
The canvases that I used were made of plastic (a primer) I applied 2 layers of white paint and then one of black paint (you can use any color you like, I feel that with dark backgrounds the colors stand out more, but it remains to be tested) .

You take several sheets and paint them alternating colors to get depth, I recommend starting from dark to light. . Don't overload the brush or you'll get a smudge. If necessary remove excess with a napkin. .

Lay the sheets down gently, the smaller the amount of paint, the more you can press down with your fingers. 💕Don't get frustrated if you don't get it right the first time, practice first, yes, on a similar surface.

. Organize the sheets to your liking and place as many as you want, give way to your imagination with the colors. Finally, moisten the brush in the main color (in my case, blue) in water and pass it along the edges of each sheet, as if it were watercolor. As a final step, once dry, apply a thick coat of white glue for a semi-gloss, sealant-like finish.

I hope you liked this project, I did it with a lot of love.

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