Plaster Leaves
For some art classes it works best to work on two projects simultaneously. I began by getting the students started on leaf rubbings. Then I took groups of 3 or 4 students and had them do plaster leaves which I found on "That Artist Woman's" blog you can find her detailed instructions at
Plaster Leaf Prints.
Once the first group had theirs done, they went back to their leaf
rubbings and the next group came to do their plaster leaves. That
Artist Woman explains, it's best to apply a coat of Mod Podge to the
plaster before painting the leaves to prevent the acrylic paint from being totally absorbed by the plaster.
Fall Fans
During the second class, we first painted the plaster leaf imprints with acrylic paints. As they dried, we switched to our leaf rubbings. They started by drawing lines about 2 centimeters apart (we have rulers that are about that width) across the back of their leaf rubbing sheets. The score lines helped make even accordion folds. Finally we folded our leaf rubbings into some fine fall fans!
