Leaf Prints Tutorial

Supplies
Leaves (Collect them before)
Tempera or Acrylic Paint
Plate or Palette for paint
Foam Brush
Watercolor Paper
Masking Tape (Optional)
Steps
1. Gather Leaves
2. Use Tape to separate your paper into two sections
3. Paint one section
4. In the unpainted section place your leaf in the middle (you can use rolled tape under it to
keep it there
5. Use your paint brush to paint acrylic paint around the leaf, painting from the middle of the
leaf out, like sun rays.
6. Left it dry and remove the leaf
7. Paint the leaf and use it as a stamp in the middle of the next page
8. Paint directly onto the leaf and display it
9. Remove Tape
Adaptions
If you cant find any leaves, you can cut some out of paper, use fake leaves, or use any other flat n
object that you have permission to get paint on.
Extensions
Place multiple leaves on the paper and paint around them, using this technique.
Find other objects you can use as a stamp and with permission, try stamping them.
Fruit and vegetable prints
Match leaves to the tree they belong to
Leaf Anatomy
Artists/Art
Andy Goldsworthy
Owen Mortensen S3 series
Lorenzo Duran
Leaf Cut
Look into traditional Chinese leaf carving
Books
Leaf Man, Lois Elhert
The Giving Tree, Shel Silverstein
Leaf, Sandra Deikman
Homework
Create a painted leaf collage or create other prints of flat objects
Vocabulary
Stamp
Resist
Tips
Keep in mind that whatever you draw or write will print backwards
This tutorial was made by McCall Johnson for Mr Otter Studio
Music A Piano Tale by Immersive Music
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