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Watercolor Leaf Print

Published July 29, 2015 by Jennifer / 4,439 Comments.
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Hello everyone! Bethany here from Whistle and Ivy, and I am so excited to share this lovely and EASY watercolor leaf print today. In the corner of my yard, I have a beautifully whimsical  shrub, with fern-like leaves. I have always thought they were lovely. Since I have been dying to try my hand at a simple watercolor painting, I decided to use the pretty leaves from the shrub to make a print. These watercolor leaf prints turned out better than I had hoped, and once you make one, you will be searching your yard for other pretty things to print as well.

I can’t stop making them.

I think I might completely cover my baby’s walls in pretty watercolor prints!

Make these beautiful watercolor leaf prints in just a few minutes. It’s a perfect beginner’s watercolor project!

What you need:

  • Watercolor paper (it’s thicker than printer paper, with a bit of texture so it doesn’t warp from the moisture of the paint)
  • Watercolors (your choice)
  • Paint brush
  • Favorite Leaves
  • Painters Tape

Make these beautiful watercolor leaf prints in just a few minutes. It’s a perfect beginner’s watercolor project!

Start by placing small pieces of rolled painters tape on the front of a few of the leaves. You don’t need to put a piece on each leaf.

Watercolor Leaf Print

Make these beautiful watercolor leaf prints in just a few minutes. It’s a perfect beginner’s watercolor project!

Place the leaf face-down on your paper. Gently press the tape, just enough for it to stick. You don’t want to press too firmly or the tape won’t come off cleanly.

One you are ready to paint, start around the leaves first, going from the stem outwards. Be careful not to let your brush go under the leaves.

Make these beautiful watercolor leaf prints in just a few minutes. It’s a perfect beginner’s watercolor project!

Continually fill your brush with paint to do the outline of the leaves.

Make these beautiful watercolor leaf prints in just a few minutes. It’s a perfect beginner’s watercolor project!

Watercolor Leaf Print

Once the leaves are painted, dip your brush in water and brush it over the painted areas, pulling the paint out. Continue brushing with water only to fill in the rest of your page. Once you’re done, let it air dry. They don’t take long to air out.

Make these beautiful watercolor leaf prints in just a few minutes. It’s a perfect beginner’s watercolor project!

 

You can try all sorts of leaves to get a lovely variety of shapes.

Make these beautiful watercolor leaf prints in just a few minutes. It’s a perfect beginner’s watercolor project!

 

Make sure you don’t fill your brush with too much water or paint. If your paper gets so wet that the water pools, it can flow under the leaves’ edges, giving it a different look.

Make these beautiful watercolor leaf prints in just a few minutes. It’s a perfect beginner’s watercolor project!

If you aren’t too keen on this look, you can actually spritz your whole painting with water, and it will blend the colors for you, making the paint pooling look less dramatic.

I love them, and I am already dreaming up a larger-scale print for my front room.

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Until next time,

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  1. Georgia @ Silver Spiral Studio says

    July 31, 2015 at 02:34

    I LOVE these. Absolutely stunning. Would make lovely gifts, too.

    Reply
  2. Inge says

    August 4, 2015 at 07:09

    Such a nice idea! I will keep this in mind for the autumn!

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  3. Noa Ambar Regev says

    August 5, 2015 at 08:59

    So beautiful, I love the delicate result.

    Reply
  4. Laurie says

    August 5, 2015 at 13:04

    These are wonderful! Can’t wait to make some myself. I’ll be featuring this post on our next Brag About It Link Party – Party starts Monday @ midnight. Hope you’ll be able to join us!
    ~Laurie

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  5. Mila says

    August 6, 2015 at 14:44

    I created something very similar last week (it’s not published yet), but mine is so much more dark and disturbing haha 😉 I loooove that you used pastels – so pretty! And these are my favourite leaves too 🙂

    Reply
  6. Alyson Menzies says

    August 6, 2015 at 19:26

    I love this idea, so beautiful, dying to try it but having trouble buying printers tape in Australia. Any suggestions. Kind thoughts A

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    • Jennifer says

      August 7, 2015 at 09:59

      Can you grab it from Amazon.com?

      Reply
  7. Nina Lewis says

    August 6, 2015 at 21:33

    I’m dropping by from the Too Much Time on My Hands link party. These watercolor pictures that you painted are so lovely!! I’ve got lots of shrubs in my yard with great leaves for me to use to do this. Thanks so much for this great idea.

    I have a link party that I am trying to grow. I invite you to share this idea — and a couple of others — at my Grandma Ideas Sharing Time link party at http://grandmaideas.com. I think my readers would love this idea as much as I do.

    The party goes from Wednesday through Friday night at midnight. I know there isn’t much time left but I still hope to see you there.

    All the best,
    Nina

    Reply
  8. Michelle James says

    August 10, 2015 at 15:26

    These are really fun. I love the look of watercolor but don’t try it very often. I think watercolor art would be perfect in a baby room.

    Thanks for joining in the #HomeMattersParty. I hope you will link up again next week. I am your newest follower on Facebook!

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  9. Lindsay says

    August 11, 2015 at 08:55

    These are lovely! They would be great for fall decor, too!

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