Flower Tutorials - from Minipat, to enter in the site , click on the old lady Germaine on the middle of the screen, then click onto techniques then fleurs. you have 18 different flowers !
Paper Blossoms - a video site for making RL sized flowers, using paper punches amd ink pads to colour the paper
Tips/Hints
Using a mouse pad, or a piece of foamie, the kind in the kids craft section, poke tiny pin holes in it, mist the foamie and then using the stylus press your petals into the pin hole. That makes a "tight" bloom.
Good choices for making flowers are rice paper, (in the art department at Michael's), and white coffee filters. Rice paper can usually be found at stores that sell art supplies, like Dick Blick. Both papers can be colored with almost any media and stand up to water well. Use water colors and thinned acrylics and try to color unevenly, to create different shades of a color.
To use crepe paper, iron fairly flat (ridges remain). Then iron two sheets together using Wonder Under. Then you can punch the flower parts directly from the paper without needing a sheet of regular paper to stabilize the crepe paper. After the flower is assembled, you can then use thinned acrylic paint to add details. Also Japanese crepe paper is used for flower making. This crepe paper is thicker and more finely grained than the paper that is in rolls and used for decorations (see supplies section).
Wire and enamel can be combined in a cloissone effect -from About.com Also, look at the video below.
Oooohh! Don't you love flowers? I've just started trying my hand at carnations, mums, Gerbera daisies, and a flower trellis. Now our club is making potted bamboo. It's amazing how one little spider plant or a vase of flowers just completes a scene.
Comments (2)
Another World Miniatures said
at 6:37 pm on Aug 23, 2011
Oooohh! Don't you love flowers? I've just started trying my hand at carnations, mums, Gerbera daisies, and a flower trellis. Now our club is making potted bamboo. It's amazing how one little spider plant or a vase of flowers just completes a scene.
Wonderful source page for flowers.
johanna janhonen said
at 10:05 pm on Aug 23, 2011
Thanks for your comment - it is always nice to hear how our wiki is being used :).
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