Interior decor is a fun activity, especially if you know how to do something with your own hands. The wall panel will become a real decoration of the living room, kitchen or bedroom. Depending on the time of year, you can change the subject of your painting. In this article you will learn how to make a leaf panel on an autumn theme.

Materials:

- leaves of different trees;

- foil;

— aerosol paint;

- a base for a panel made of laminated chipboard or canvas stretched over a frame;

Panel of autumn leaves, step-by-step master class

Collect fallen leaves from the street and clean them of dirt and dust. After this, wipe them well from moisture with a napkin. Prepare the base for the panel and attach the leaves to it. Immediately figure out what your composition should look like.

Take some black spray paint and apply it on top of the foil. After the paint has dried, you can begin to create shades. To do this, start wiping off the paint with a scraper. Try not to damage the foil itself, but don’t worry too much, you can fix everything with a black felt-tip pen or marker. The autumn panel is ready.

See photo of a panel of leaves:

An autumn panel made of leaves will harmoniously fit into any interior and become an original gift for loved ones. Using the same principle, you can try to make a winter panel using Christmas tree needles. Modern needlewomen create real masterpieces with their own hands, but why are you worse? Experiment and you too will get beautiful handmade decorative items.

Panels made of wood are widely used to decorate walls. natural material. These can be coffee beans, cereals, dried flowers, slices of fruits or vegetables, autumn leaves.

Making panels is very convenient with children: creative activity develops imagination and the ability to think creatively. Working with small materials promotes development fine motor skills what is good for children younger age. And most importantly, there are many ideas for this activity that you want to bring to life.

Coffee bean panel

A coffee panel is ideal for the kitchen or room where you are used to relaxing. It is believed that the smell of coffee, like the drink itself, tones the body and gives a boost of energy.

Scientists have proven that at the same time, the smell of coffee beans has an anti-stress effect. The more often you inhale their aroma, the less susceptible you will be to external irritants.

View options for panels made from coffee beans - video:

To make a simple coffee bean wall hanging, you will need the following materials:

Coffee beans of one or more varieties, differing in color, size and smell.
Basis for the panel. It can be made from scrap materials: burlap, other durable fabric, cardboard, paper, wood.
PVA glue, or better yet, “Titan”.
Drawing.
Copy paper.
Pencil.
Frame.

This is the minimum list of materials you will need. But you can make a panel from beans and coffee.
A panel of cereals, diluted with coffee beans, looks like a real painting, since here you can collect the entire palette of colors:

Coffee – green, brown, other shades of brown.
Peas are orange.
Beans – red, white.
Semolina is white. It is perfect for a winter-themed mural.
Rice – brown, white.
Corn is yellow.
Wheat – beige.
Pearl barley – beige.
Oatmeal – creamy.
Rye – light brown, dark beige.
Poppy seeds – black.
Buckwheat – brown shades.
Lentils – yellow, orange, green.
Millet – yellow.

How to make a panel from grains:

To glue crumbly grains such as corn or semolina, ground spices and instant coffee, you need to smear glue on a part of the picture and cover it generously with the desired grain or spice. After some time, the excess residue is blown off.

Large shells are an independent decoration. And small ones become excellent materials for creating wall paintings in the form of panels.

The simplest option for a panel with shells is to stick shells onto the base various forms and sizes in a chaotic order or in the form of a specific pattern.

In addition to shells, rocks and dried starfish are great options. The panels created with them are great for the bathroom: they help you imagine that you are in the seabed and consider the sea relief.

If you make a picture out of shells, starfish and stones, and then cover it with gold or silver paint, you can achieve such a dazzling effect.

This is a master class on creating panels from shells on a fabric basis - on burlap. It is very easy to make: it will take no more than a couple of hours to make.

You need the following materials:

Smooth and thin branches from trees for the frame.
Sackcloth.
Strong twine.
Cardboard.
Brown wrapping paper.
Gypsy needle.
One large fish eye bead.
PVA glue;.
Glue gun.
Pebbles, shells.
Seahorse or starfish.
"Chicken God"

First, cut out a fish shape from cardboard and carefully cover it with burlap. Wrap the body of the fish, except for the head and tail, tightly with twine. Then prepare the base:

Hem the burlap from the edges, forming an even square.
Make a square frame from the twigs, tying them at the ends with twine.
Using twine, using an over-seam technique, secure the burlap to the frame.

Now tear it off wrapping paper so that the edges are uneven. This will achieve greater effect. Using a glue gun, glue a fish, a large pebble and a starfish onto the paper.

Then glue pebbles and small shells. As a result, you will get the same wonderful panel as in the photo.

A service such as making stone panels is offered by many construction companies. Typically, specialists create mosaics from natural stone by cutting it, creating a variety of patterns and even paintings.

Because natural stones painted in various colors, the panel can be made both on the theme of summer and on the theme of spring. If you use stones white, you will get an excellent winter panel. In the photographs you can see what beautiful mosaic panels are in stores.

But you can make a stone panel with your own hands. Pebbles collected from the bottom of the river or from the seashore are suitable for this. The more varied the shape of the stones, the more interesting the picture will be. Examples of hand-made stone panels:

Stones can be laid in a mosaic fashion to create a picture.

To do this you will need colored pebbles. They can be arranged in a pattern. You can do with them whatever your imagination is ready for!

For creative people, wood is one of the the best materials. It would seem, how can you make a wooden panel? To do this, do you need to know at least the basics of wood carving? Not at all: the panel is not necessarily decorated with carvings.

In the presence of the right tools you can make a wonderful panel without having special knowledge and experience. The effect is given by the natural texture of the tree, its shape.

We will make a similar wooden panel:

The following materials will be required:

A sheet of dimensions 170 by 80 cm made of very durable and multi-layer plywood.
Wood slats for the panel frame. To accentuate rough branches, the slats should be large. Even bars 10 centimeters wide and 6 centimeters thick are suitable for this. Two bars should be 150 cm long, the other pair of bars should be 80 cm long. Outer side the bars should be rough, as if sawn off. They require light processing so that there are no splinters upon contact with the skin.
Three types of sawn branches. Each “stump” should have a diameter of 4 to 5 cm. Several dozen stumps should stand out with a large diameter (from 6 to 7 cm). Several units can be made with a diameter of even 7-8 cm.

Garden species are ideal as branches: apple and cherry with preserved bark. Before work, the branches are dried well so that they do not crack or become deformed during work.

Stain for painting wood.
Varnish for woodworking. Opt for a matte varnish that does not interfere with the natural texture of the wood. It is absorbed into the structure of the stumps and remains invisible. But it protects perfectly from splinters, dirt and dust.
Hot glue gun with pencils.
Brushes for painting wood with varnish and stain.

Master class on making a wooden wall panel:

Nail the frame and glue it to the base. It is better to entrust this task to a man.
Place hemp cut from branches onto the finished frame for testing.
Clean the stumps and the base for the plywood panels from sawdust and dust using a vacuum cleaner.
Paint the base and frame with stain using a brush. It will take 2-3 layers.
Leave the base to dry.
Using a hot gun, glue the stumps in the same way as you laid them out during fitting.
Let the panel dry for a whole day.
Apply varnish to the resulting decoration.

Then let the product dry for another two days. Now the panel can be hung on the wall. If desired, you can decorate it using other materials.

Leaves panel

Panel from autumn leaves Suitable for working with children. For kids, it is real happiness to spend time with their parents and do common things.

First, you can take a walk with your child in the park or along an autumn alley, through the forest, to pick bouquets of various leaves, as in the photo below.

Flowers dried in summer are also used. If a panel of leaves is suitable for decorating with an autumn theme, then a panel of flowers is reminiscent of summer.

On the theme of summer, a panel can be made using leaves decorated in the form of flowers. Flowers can be made with applique, as in the photo below:

Or you can make voluminous roses from several leaves, like here:

There is freedom for imagination here. Each leaf can be associated with something. Thus, yellow maple leaves resemble the cartoon faces of foxes. It remains to supplement them with some elements to get the full picture. You can create an original dragonfly from a variety of leaves.

How to make a rose from autumn leaves?

One of the most original elements for a wall panel can be a rose made from a maple leaf. It can be made without a stem by attaching the base to canvas or cardboard onto sepals of dried green leaves. But we will look at an example of how to make a rose on a stem. You can make a whole bouquet from such roses and strengthen it on the basis of a panel.

To make one rose you will need:

Some maple leaves for the petals.
Thin branches for stems.
Green electrical tape.
Scissors.

There is no need to describe the entire process of making a flower, since everything becomes clear if you look at the master class for making a rose from leaves below.

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The very last photo is the result of the finished work. It is unlikely that you will succeed the first time. It will take some time to practice, so stock up on a whole armful of leaves.

Leather panel

Leather is a noble material. A leather panel is ideal as a solid wall decoration. Such decor can decorate a study, hall, living room or hallway. And you can make a leather panel with your own hands.

Let's look at a master class on making leather panels using the example, the photo of which is located above. In exactly the same way, you can make a wall decoration using any other design. For work you will need the following materials:

Leather of different colors.
PVA glue, but Moment is better.
Cardboard.
Tracing paper.
Pencil;
Basis for the panel.
Acrylic paint.
Paint brush.
Scissors.
Brush for applying glue.

Step-by-step instruction:

Paint the big picture.
Transfer all the details onto tracing paper, numbering them to quickly find what you need.
Transfer the pieces onto cardboard and cut them out.
Using a brush, coat each piece with glue.
Glue the cardboard to the skin.
Trim the leather, leaving allowances that will need to be folded so that the front side of the piece is covered with leather.
Glue the seam allowances to the wrong side of the cardboard.
Cover the entire base with a large piece of leather.
Recreate the pattern on the base using leather pieces.
Cut strips of leather - flagella - to form roofs for the houses.
Glue the “roofs” to the houses.
Moisten the pieces of leather, spread with glue and glue, forming a “road”.
You can decorate the frame in the same way (moisten and glue).
Paint a leather painting acrylic paint at your own discretion.

Here are some more ideas for leather panels.

Leaf paintings, created using the oshibana technique, can easily be considered works of art, but children’s first acquaintance with this type of creativity occurs in kindergarten, when they make their first applications with dry autumn leaves. To create such paintings, not only leaves are used, but also other natural materials, for example, flower petals, grass, tree bark, Poplar fluff and various seeds. Before performing such work, all materials must be prepared: they are dried under a press, sometimes pre-treated with a special solution. If you want to become a true oshibana master, then when drying materials you should try to preserve their natural color.

Painting "Autumn" from leaves It is performed on paper or fabric, and the elements can be glued with glue, and several other methods of fixation are also used. Sometimes the paper is pre-painted with watercolors, a drawing is created, which is then supplemented with natural elements. A true craftsman arranges the elements with care and precision so that they take their place: leaves transform into trees and flower petals outline the silhouettes of mountains.

Special distribution this type decorative art acquired in Japan, where it appeared about 600 years ago. In the last 30 years, osibana has found a second life and began to spread throughout the world; many needlewomen resort to this type of creativity who want to learn new techniques for working with natural materials and show children how incredibly beautiful they can be.

Leaf paintings

Autumn gives us a wide variety of colors: pink, yellow, red, brown shades surround us everywhere, and this will definitely make needlewomen think about creativity, to which children must be involved. Osibana refers to floristry, because it is a unique way to create beautiful bouquets from leaves and flowers, but these bouquets will be flat and attached to a paper base.

Beginning craftsmen often make the mistake of trying to use only bright colors, but it is the inconspicuous leaves that, at first glance, can play the most important role in your composition.

You can use darkened leaves of hazel or aspen, they are gray-brown, however, if your composition contains rocks and stones, dark reflections, then these elements will be the best solution.

If you are chasing bright colors, then pay attention to the leaves of willow, apricot and mulberry; they should be harvested in September-October, patiently collecting the smoothest and most beautiful ones. Red color can be conveyed using viburnum and grapes. American maple and tulipwood also have gorgeous hues. Pay attention not only to the front side, but also to the back side, as in Norway maple these shades vary from pinkish to dark purple. Silver poplar allows you to convey white, gray and yellowish colors.

When did you collect required material For paintings of leaves and flowers, they need to be dried, for this you can use the simplest way - place them between the pages of a book. They can also be dried under a press in another way: place them between the pages of a newspaper, stack them on top of each other, and place some weight on top. If you dry elements between newspaper pages, then you need to change them from time to time.

You can also collect dry leaves that have already fallen and just iron them so that they are ready to create a craft.

You can build a drying press with your own hands; for this you will need two square shapes cut from thick plywood. You need to drill four holes in the corners and insert bolts. When you place the newspaper pages between the plywood, the bolts must be tightened, and your petals will dry in this pressed state. You also need to drill several thin holes around the perimeter of the plywood square for ventilation.

For creating paintings of autumn leaves don’t be afraid to experiment, dry various petals and leaves, even if you may not initially like their color, in the future it may fit perfectly into the composition being created.

Paintings from autumn leaves

Painting of leaves on the theme of autumn begins to be created the moment you go to collect material in a park or garden. When you get your hands on a new element, you can already imagine where you can use it. By the way, you must remember that materials are prepared not only in the autumn months, but also in spring and summer. In the spring you can collect young shoots of trees, flower petals - bird cherry, violets, lilies of the valley, viburnum, hawthorn. Summer is rich in herbs and flowers, which also boast their original shapes and shades. Even in winter you can collect materials, because they all now take on a dark, gloomy color.

It is better to do it on thick cardboard, on which the sketch is first made. with a simple pencil. Then you need to prepare the elements and begin the creative process. You can fix the elements on a cardboard base using PVA glue.

Since oshibana is not at all a simple application that can be made during a lesson in kindergarten or a lesson at school, then there is no time for such paintings from dry leaves it takes much more: depending on the complexity of the invented composition, from several days to months. It is also necessary to remember that you must predict in advance what kind of result you will get, because error is a constant creative search, and in the process of executing the composition you must continue to fantasize and experiment.

You can create a unique artistic effect thanks to natural plant shapes and textures, and there is no need to resort to additional decoration or use of other materials.

The finished painting must be properly designed, a mat and a frame must be selected. The baguette must be matched to the picture, sometimes even forgetting that it harmonizes with the interior. The baguette should complement it and not obscure it.

A passe-partout must be used to protect the painting from damage that glass can cause. The air gap allows protection from high humidity, condensation and other adverse conditions.

Compositions using pressed floristry must be under glass, otherwise dirt and dust will constantly settle on them, and the colors will fade from influence. sunlight.

The ideal solution would be anti-reflective glass, which diffuses reflections of light, thus preserving the naturalness of the image. Anti-reflective glass also allows for high-quality color reproduction.

Considering leaf paintings photos, you can notice that they are very colorful, despite the fact that all its colors were created by nature itself, which is why such compositions fit perfectly into any interior, creating an atmosphere of warmth and comfort.

Painting "Autumn" from leaves

DIY leaf painting- a wonderful children's craft that children first become acquainted with in kindergarten. Applications can be made in various techniques: some are accessible to the smallest children, children become familiar with them in the younger and middle group kindergarten, others can only be completed by schoolchildren junior classes. Each such application is unique and unique, and by preserving it, you will leave a long-lasting memory of your child’s first creative successes.

Children love the overlay applique, where dry leaves are placed on top of each other. In this craft, scissors are not used, and the missing elements are drawn with a marker, paints or felt-tip pen, sometimes elements from plasticine are added.

In silhouette appliqué, certain elements are cut out from leaves and then glued onto a cardboard surface to form a design. The type of model applique comes down to selecting leaves that are similar in color and shape, and then laying out an invented picture from them, and if you select the same leaves, then they will create an original symmetrical picture, for example, you can lay out a butterfly in this way.

DIY leaf painting

Admire on the Internet DIY leaf paintings photo, you can notice that even the simplest applications made by children will become a wonderful decoration for your interior.

We can make such paintings using leaves of any color and paint, designs can be made on paper or on fabric, even special prints can be made on cotton fabric, which is then used for sewing clothes or home textiles. If you will be painting on fabric, then you need appropriate paint that will not rub off or smear after washing.

The leaves must be large, openwork with pronounced veins, so that their texture is reflected on the paper or fabric surface. Even children can do it; they will be interested in coloring the leaves with paint and then applying them to paper. You can work on fabric with oil paints, and on paper with gouache.

Paintings from leaves: photos

DIY painting “Autumn” made from leaves in the form of stamps on paper, it is done like this: first, we place the sheet of paper face up (the side where the veins stand out) and carefully coat it with paint. You can also use a sponge to apply paint.

Perhaps the first time you smear the sheet too much, its imprint will be too “fat” and its texture will be blurred. Over time, you will find the perfect amount of ink that will allow you to get a crisp print. Also, be sure to choose coarse, dense leaves, for example, chestnut or grape are ideal, you can use oak, and if you take a shoot that is too young and soft, it will crumple during painting. To hold the element while painting, you can use a wooden stick or pencil. Then turn it over and press the painted side to the paper, cover it with newspaper on top and press it, thanks to this all the veins will be imprinted. You can use a rolling pin and roll it over the top.

In addition to paintings, you can also make bouquets that will delight you with their bright colors.

An autumn girl was walking, teasing with her outfit,
Warming in the velvet light.
And with that girl, having met the gaze,
We suddenly forget about summer...

Svetlana Efimova 2

D Good afternoon, my dear friends!

Today, I share with you my new experience in needlework. It will be a picture of autumn leaves, I wanted to call it: girl - autumn. Actually, I didn't plan to do this job. But at work, there was an annual competition of crafts made from autumn materials. The manager asked me to make some kind of craft from natural materials. As a boss, would you refuse a request? And I wasn’t going to refuse this request, it’s handicraft! And I really like handicrafts. This is what I ended up with.

Painting of autumn leaves: girl – autumn.

For work I took:

Fibreboard – 50 x 40 cm;
Natural materials - ears of wheat, a bunch of autumn leaves, twigs, acorns, rowan berries, flowers, grass, millet;
PVA glue;
Acrylic matte varnish;
Acrylic paints - gold, bronze and white;
Watercolor paint – yellow.

As a basis for the picture, I took a piece of fiberboard measuring 40 x 50 cm. For the front side of the picture, I chose the back side of the fiberboard, i.e. not smooth))) There was a scratch right in the middle, but it doesn’t matter, I’ll decorate it.

I decided to decorate the picture frame using the terra technique. For this, I needed a mixture into which I would press ears of wheat and millet. Usually putty is used for this, and I was sure that I had it. But during the whole break, I didn’t find it, it turned out that it was over, but I didn’t want to go to the store... But I had dry glue for tiles and I decided to experiment. Let the glue be the basis of the mixture. I needed to get a medium-thick mass into which wheat and millet could be pressed. In this case, the mixture should eventually harden and stick firmly to the frame. And I did this, mixed: tile glue (6 parts) + flour (3 parts) + PVA glue. I actually used PVA instead of water. That is, as soon as the mass became the consistency I needed, I stopped adding it.

Frame mix

First, I generously coated the canvas with PVA glue along the entire perimeter, in the place of the future frame. After letting the PVA dry a little, I began to apply the experimental mass, in a layer of about 1 cm, in advance.

Applied the base for the frame

And she immediately began to press ears of wheat into this mass, and then sprinkled it generously with millet. She pressed everything in so that the wheat and millet were pressed in, but at the same time were clearly visible.

Pressed wheat and millet

Then, she put the picture on its edge and shook off the excess millet.

After about 30 minutes, I mixed PVA glue and acrylic varnish in equal proportions and covered the wheat and millet with this composition. When you apply this composition, it is white, but after drying it becomes transparent.

Covered with a mixture of PVA glue and acrylic varnish

When the glue and varnish mixture had dried, I painted the frame liberally with gold paint. I painted with a wide brush. And after drying, I went over the ears of wheat with bronze paint.

Now, finally, the picture itself of autumn leaves. I want to say right away: I am not friendly with drawing, and especially with painting with paints! I painted it as I thought.))) I poured white acrylic paint into a separate container and diluted it lightly with water, so the paint would be applied more evenly. Then, I painted the surface of the fiberboard (without touching the frame). Thus, I prepared the canvas by lightly priming it. By the way, in the end, it looked like the painting was made on canvas. Once the white paint had dried, I began painting the background of the painting. I made all the strokes smooth, semicircular or something (I don’t know what artists call it). In the middle, closer to the top, I painted it with white paint again. Then she began to darken the background, bringing it closer to the edges. To do this, I gradually began to add gold to the container with white acrylic paint. The further to the edges, the more gold I added, making the tone darker.

Painted the fiberboard while making the background

After looking at the result, I wanted to add a yellow tone. I didn’t have yellow acrylic paint, so I took watercolor paints. Mixing white and yellow watercolor paints, I went right behind the edge of the white background. That's it, I put the painting aside until the paints were completely dry.

For this work, I collected a few different autumn leaves, thin birch branches, and grass. Also, twigs with rowan berries, acorns, flowers from narwhal flower beds (luckily they weren’t fined))). But my husband found the highlight for me. While helping to collect acorns, I found a sleeping dragonfly (it’s good that it was no longer alive).

I placed the leaves and flower petals between the pages of the books, so they stayed with me for about two days. I had them in my work, only slightly dried out.

But first, I drew a silhouette of a girl on paper (I found it on the internet) and applied it to the picture to determine the size.

I drew a silhouette of a girl

Then she cut off the skirt and painted the girl with gold paint. It could have been acrylic, but I had gold spray paint))). From the waist, I cut off a small pointed piece, these will be eyelashes.

Painted the “girl” with gold paint

Then, she glued the girl to the place that she had decided on in advance. I didn’t take pictures of my further steps, because... I'll tell you in words.

She formed a wreath for the girl from grass, leaves and twigs with rowan berries. Everything was glued using a mixture of PVA glue and acrylic varnish (in proportions 1/1). In the future I used this composition. Let me explain why I used exactly this composition. Before I started making the painting, I scoured the Internet in search of how to preserve the color of autumn leaves. And I found information that the color and elasticity of autumn leaves can be preserved, including with the help of this composition. Other options did not suit me (I won’t write about them).

I continue. I made the skirt from leaves. I glued it in rows, starting from the hem, going higher.

The bodice of the dress was made from flower petals.

Since, initially, there was a scratch on the fiberboard, I glued a twig with leaves in its place. And she glued the dragonfly, spreading its wings. I really liked this dragonfly.

I made a girl, glued a dragonfly and a twig

On both sides of the girl, I glued twigs and leaves, trying to imitate trees. I started gluing from the top level, then, going lower, I glued the next branches and leaves.

And in the lower left corner I glued panicles, small branches of flowers and a few acorns.

And further! While examining the work, I discovered that there were unpainted areas on the frame. Therefore, I once again went over the frame with gold paint.

Glued grass and acorns

Then, I went over all the leaves, twigs and flowers again with a mixture of glue and varnish.

That's all. My painting of autumn leaves is ready. Of course, this is most likely not a painting, but a panel... But let it be a painting, I really want it)))

Friends, if you found my master class useful, share it with your friends!

DIY panel of pine cones and cereals

Master class on making panels “Autumn Fantasy”

Age: 12 years

Head: Ivonina Irina Mikhailovna, labor education teacher at MBS(K)OU “Special (correctional) secondary school No. 9 of the VIII type”, Perm

The sultry summer flashed by unnoticed, and September and October became full-fledged masters in forests, fields, rivers and lakes. The gray sky is increasingly covered with clouds, and a fine, annoying rain begins to fall. Early in the morning it is already very cold, but during the day the sun still warms up, reminding us of summer. But despite this, autumn pleases us with its colors. So we decided to make a panel from natural materials that we collected in the forest - to remember summer and welcome autumn.

Leaf fall

The forest is like a painted tower,

Lilac, gold, crimson,

A cheerful, motley wall

Standing above a bright clearing.

Birch trees with yellow carving

Glisten in the blue azure,

Like towers, the fir trees are darkening,

And between the maples they turn blue

Here and there through the foliage

Clearances in the sky, like a window.

The forest smells of oak and pine,

Over the summer it dried out from the sun,

And Autumn is a quiet widow

Enters his motley mansion...

Completing the panel will not take much time, and you will get enormous pleasure from doing the work. There will be such a panel a good gift for parents, friends, teachers. It can be an interior decoration and an original birthday gift.

Materials and tools needed to complete the work:

2-3 cones,

Alder twigs,

A little buckwheat.

Beads of different sizes.

A sheet of orange cardboard.

3 types of glue: PVA, pencil glue, Moment glue.

Work order:

1. We translate and cut out the vase template from thick cardboard (if the cardboard is thin, then after drying it begins to bend in different directions). The shape of the vase can be very varied, at your discretion. Apply PVA glue in a thick layer to the base and sprinkle buckwheat on top, pressing lightly.

2. We disassemble the cones into scales. I discovered a peculiarity for myself - you need to disassemble the pine cones when they are raw. It's easier, faster and the scales remain more intact.

3. We sort the scales by size and shape.

4. It is difficult to determine the exact location of the parts on the panel, so it is better to glue the scales onto a small cardboard base. The scales can be laid out in one layer or made more voluminous in two rows. Each flower is obtained separately and when composing the work it is easier to determine the location of each detail.

We decorate the middle of the flower with beads of different sizes, but you can decorate the middle with black peppercorns or cloves. The choice is yours.

5. The parts must dry well.

6. We begin to assemble our panel. At this stage there are no clear recommendations. Everything is at your discretion. The final type of work will depend on the size of the flowers collected from the scales of the cone, the shape and number of alder branches, and the shape of your vase. Complete freedom of choice.

7. Pay attention!! Alder branches are not flat, so glue them only at the points of contact with the base. The detail of the vase is only in the lower part in full contact with the base, and the upper part is on the fly.