Leaf Printing and Sun Changing Paper

[smallhobbit]

From the title you might guess this is another Dare to Dabble.  Because these activities are held at Nature in Art, everything has a connection to nature.

There was the option to do hammered flowers, but I did that last year and didn't fancy doing it again.  (Hammered Flowers)

So instead I went for leaf printing, using acrylic paints

   

I was pleased with the result

After which we went outside to experiment with some photo sensitive paper

We began with marking out our initials in small stones



And then we reversed the piece of paper so that the blue side was uppermost.  Quickly we reassembled the initial on the paper.



Because as soon as sunlight hits it it begins to change.



Once the paper had turned white we quickly removed the stones and put the paper into water to fix it.



After a couple of minutes we took it out of the water and left it to dry.



All great fun

I had a couple more attempts, which were again fun if not entirely successful:

   

   

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Comments

[badly_knitted]

Both activities look fun! I love the bag, that looks great!

[smallhobbit]

They were. I had a great afternoon. And I was delighted with the bag.

[debriswoman]

This looks great fun:-)

[smallhobbit]

It was. A great way to spend an afternoon.

[m_findlow]

I like the leaf printing on the bag and the mix of leaf prints and the ones where you're dabbed around the edges and left the middle white. Very sweet.

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much. It was fun to both experiment with the different sorts of print and produce something pretty.

[apachefirecat]

They definitely all turned out very lovely!

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much.

[adafrog]

Neat.

[smallhobbit]

Thank you.

[rusty_armour]

The leaf-printed bag and the art experiments with the photo sensitive paper are great! I especially like the photo sensitive artwork involving the leaves and shells.

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much. The photo sensitive artwork was great fun, especially watching as the paper changed colour.

[shaddyr]

Very nice - love the bag!

[dariaw]

Super cool!

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much.

[smallhobbit]

Thank you. It was great fun.

[verdande_mi]

Seems like fun activities. I want to use leaves and flowers to make patterns in clay, but not when the they have just srpung out like now.

[smallhobbit]

It was. They would look good in clay, but do practice because they don't always turn out as you expect. And they need to be fresh to keep their shape.