I recently fell into hammering flowers (in this case, begonias) and leaves and was pleasantly surprised by the results. The begonias were bright red and they hammered into a purply color. I chose to doodle to add detail. The technique is super simple: pick flowers and leaves, grab a hammer (I used my little gold hammer with the screws housed in the handle), watercolor paper and wax paper. Lay the fresh flowers and leaves face down onto the watercolor paper in any pattern. Lay the wax paper completely over the watercolor paper. Commence pounding in a purposeful manner (don't kill it or tap too lightly). You can check to see if color transferred as you go along. The flowers get super pulpy, but that okay. Remove the wax paper. I used tweezers to remove the flowers and leaves. To create a look like paint splatter, I pounded flowers directly onto wax paper and then pressed the pulpy colored wax paper in various places on the piece with my fingers.
Let dry and grab a micron pen and start doodling!
Date: Wednesday, August 11, 2021 GMT Views: 92
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Wed, Aug 11, 2021 @ 6:33 AM
Great effect and cool technique. TFS. Happy day
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