As you all know by now, I love painting with watercolor. I have shared my watercolor pansies before HERE and HERE.
But if I told you that you could make these beautiful prints yourself with two easy steps an not using watercolor?
Well you can. All you need are some pretty mulitcolored pansies or violas a hammer or a mallet and some thick cardstock or watercolor paper.
While browsing through some of my old Mother’s day posts, I came across this post, where I used the same technique but on fabric. I decided to try it on paper and was amazed at the results. I think the paper’s fibers land themselves perfectly to absorb the color and shape of the flowers.
All you have to do is place some pansies or violas upside down onto watercolor paper (or thick cardstock) and hammer it down with a mallet or hammer. Slowly peel away the flower off the paper and you are left with a beautiful print.
Pretty neat right? You can do this with all sorts of flowers and make beautiful cards or art to be framed.
I can’t wait to do this again soon, but next time use various colors and flowers.
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They are beautiful truly stunning!
Thank you for sharing this, Lucy! Soooo beautiful!
Simply beautiful!!! Can’t wait to try it. You always inspire me!!! Thank you so very much and God’s sweetest blessings upon you, Lucy!!!
Wow how beautiful! You are seriously so talented!
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Magical! I must put some pansies in the garden in our down under Spring
So pretty! I’m going to make these for happy graduation cards.
These are so beautiful! What an amazing idea! Thank you for sharing!
beautiful!! i will be doing this!
do you know how long they last? do they fade or dry out or do they stay that colour for ever?
xx
I think if you iron the fabric at high temperature, the color stays for a long time, remains like a “stain”
Wow. Gratidão!!! [BR] Hello!! What would be the procedure of fixing the dye? The order… *First hammer the flowers in the paper or fabric, and so wait dry for so iron?
Wow. Gratidão!!! [BR] Hello!! What would be the procedure of fixing the dye? The order… *First hammer the flowers in the paper or fabric, and then wait to dry and then iron?
Love this idea just bought some pansy’s and trying it
I tried this today but the petals did not keep shape… 🙁 yours are beautiful
I wonder if someone who owns a pasta press would try this and let us know the result please
How did I not know this? Thank you, thank you. I will try it. Yours are beautiful, lovely colours, lovely paper, lovely photographs.
Sooooooo so Nice , beautiful ,thank you for sharing
My flower pounding on water color paper faded even under glass & away from direct light. Any idea how to prevent the fading?