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Make a Mother’s Day Card for Mom!

If there’s a special mom in your life who would appreciate some flowers, this DIY card is literally bursting with an explosion of vibrant, hand-painted blossoms and leaves. You can really make this card for anyone that's special in your life, or someone you consider a motherly figure! It's a great way to make someone in your life feel extra special.

Supplies

  • Card Stock on mixed media paper
  • Brushes:  1 Medium round brush
  • Set of Acrylic paint – White, Black, Yellow, Red, Green, Gold / Silver
  • Cup of Water
  • Paper Towels
  • Mixing plate
  • Scissors
  • Glue Stick

Step 1: Practice Painting a Variety of Leaf Shapes

Mix Green and Yellow Acrylic Paint on your mixing plate with enough water to give it a milky consistency. With a saturated—but not dripping—brush, paint an upward stroke, starting with low pressure to create a thin point, then pressing down to create the fullness of the leaf, decreasing pressure to create another point.  Using the same techniques you practiced above, you can combine multiple leaves into lush branches.  Start with a curving stem and single leaf, adding additional leaves along the stem, staggering placement and angles. Imperfect, flowing, and organic is the goal! Fill a couple of sheets of paper with beautiful leaf motifs in a variety of shapes.

Step 2: Paint the Flowers

Start by drawing the pistils and stamen with a Black (preferably waterproof) Pen. Using your medium round brush, grab some Red, Yellow and White, and paint organic blobs around the center.

While the blobs are drying, paint over the center in Gold or silver, letting the colors slightly cover the Black Ink.

After the paint has dried, pick up the Black pen again and draw five curved spokes coming out from the center of the flower. Next, outline the shape of the petals. Stay loose and organic, don’t worry about trying to trace the Acrylic shapes exactly. Fill in the petals with additional lines to suggest detail and form.

Paint two vibrant anemones—to create the card as shown in my example, you’ll need 2 good-sized blossoms

Step 3: Decorate the front of the Card

Choose your favorite flowers and leaves from the pages that you painted and cut them out.

Using a flower blossom and an assortment of leaves, glue an arrangement onto the front of the card.  Make sure to sign your Card.

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