Quiling paintings: a master class for beginners (photo)

2024 Author: Sierra Becker | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-26 03:46

Quiling paintings are unusual in their beauty. The master class is selected specifically for beginner needlewomen. You will learn how to make not only flat, but also three-dimensional panels. In the last version, quilling flowers can be used as a decorative bouquet.

The basics of needlework

Quilling is a twisting of paper strips into certain elements, from which pictures are "assembled". For this needlework, special paper is sold, cut into narrow strips. It differs from other types in density, which affects the stability of the shape of the elements. A special quilling tool can be replaced with a toothpick and a ruler with different circles.

What elements are quilling patterns for beginners made of?

• "Tight roll". Round the edge of the strip, insert it into a toothpick, wind it into a ball. Glue the other end to the PVA and remove from the toothpick. The hearts of flowers are made from such a roll. And if you push its middle, forming a "cone", you can get a berry.
• "Free roll". Also twist the paper on a toothpick. Remove the resulting roll and put it in the circle of the ruler. Sothe element takes the size of a circle. Glue the other end of the roll. From it you form different shapes.
• "Curl". Fold the strip in half. Roll from each end. Glue the end.

Elements from the free roll

We continue to consider the main elements from which do-it-yourself quilling paintings are made.

• "Drop". Squeeze the free roll slightly into an oval, press the edge, getting a petal. Rounded flowers are created from these elements. If the "drop" is bent on one side along the length, then an element with a slope will be obtained.
• "Eye". Squeeze the roll on both sides - you get a sharp sheet.
• "Leaf". If the ends of the "eye" are bent in opposite directions, then you can make a curved leaf.
• "Rhombus". Squeeze the corners of the "eye" in opposite directions, forming a square.
• "Triangle". The rounded part of the drop must be flattened into a triangle. By squeezing the "free roll" in three places, you can get an equilateral figure.
• "Sunken Petal". Take the "triangle" by the top, pushing its base inward. These petals make bells.
• "Semicircle". Make the base of the "free roll" even by holding the opposite corners.
• "Arrow". If you make a “triangle” out of a “drop”, and then compress the base in half, forming sharp corners, you will getpetals for cornflowers.

Quilling Secrets

Each craftsman has his own secrets for making elements, patterns and figures. Some needlewomen use a comb to form a multi-layered flower or butterfly wing when weaving the strips. Or needles are stuck into the foam according to the pattern and braided with strips, creating interesting bends and patterns. So you can create "zigzag" leaves like a rose, grape, maple.

Unusual quilling patterns can be made from simple petals of different colors. Draw the borders of the grass, trunk, crown with a pencil and fill the sheet with "petals", "curls", "eyes", "leaves".

If you combine several colors in one element, you can make a brighter picture. Mixing shades allows you to make the picture more realistic. In order for the elements to keep their shape, they can be glued along the edge with a strip. This technique allows you to fix the desired bend. Many masters make butterflies, oak leaves in this way.

Luxurious flowers can be obtained from elements made of paper plastic. For example, a wide strip is wound to a "tight roll", one edge of which is cut into thin petals. The end is glued, the blank is removed, and the petals are straightened.

Quiling paintings: lilac master class

Three-dimensional image will attract attention at first sight. Volumetric works can be created from improvised materials usingmultiple layers. Let's get acquainted with the master class on making lilacs.

From lilac paper make the petals an "eye" element. Part glue into flowers of three and four parts. The other half is suitable for plot correction. Use several shades of lilac, and decorate the middle with yellow beads. This will make the flower more colorful.

On the cardboard, draw small and large sheets of lilac. Make crescents ("eye" on both sides bend into a semicircle). Arrange the elements on the template, connect them together. Paste the edges of the sheet with a strip that passes into the trunk.

Mark the location of the lilac branches. Glue on skewers or wire. Work on the bottom layer first, and then finish the foreground. If you want to create a composition, then draw a background or glue a vase. Try to make the flowers small, then the lilac will look like a real one.

With the help of a color print, "natural" quilling pictures are created. You can see a photo of the finished master class below.

Color game

Print allows you to create not just a panel, but a real picture. If you can draw, you can make your own background. Choose paper according to the photo, then the plot will completely convey natural colors. For example, you want to depict an autumn rowan. Buy paper in green, marsh, brown, yellow, red, orange.

Place dark figures in the background or on the shadow side. Place light shades in front, on morelight background. If there should be a white spot on the part, then we recommend resorting to one of the following methods (this is how many quilling paintings are created). The master class involves three options for solving the problem.

• Connect a figure from several elements. For example, glue a rowan leaf onto a strip (branch) of seven "eyes" of different shades.
• Make an element out of different colors. For example, the same rowan leaf is completely made of green paper, and only in the middle of some elements is there a light shade.
• The whole picture is made of white paper and then painted with paints.

Rhinestones, microbeads are glued to some elements. In order for volumetric details to keep their shape (flowers, leaves, animals), you can apply transparent glue on the wrong side or paint the top layer with a special glue-paint.

Quiling paintings: a master class for beginners

1. Mark the location of the vase and flowers with a pencil.
2. Cut out the shape of a vase from foam, cover with fabric, decorate with braid.
3. Stick to sheet.
4. For twigs, leaves are needed from the "eye" and "leaf" elements, as well as flowers from "cones", which are made using a "tight roll".
5. Glue flowers on the stem with the convex side, like a lupine.
6. Arrange the leaves.
7. Make several long branches that you insert into the foam. These flowers will make a lush bouquet, and not just quilling paintings (photo with blue lupine).
8. Glue short stems and "grow" flowers with leaves on top.
9. Then insert the finished flowers into the foam base. Frame your work.

This is how easy quilling pictures are made. Flowers according to this plan can be made almost any. For example, glue a cone-shaped sepal on the stem. Put the petals in it in a circle, and decorate the middle with a "tight roll".

Ideas for panels or postcards from cones

You make a vine from "convex rolls" (pull out a tight ball a little, forming the shape of a bowl). Glue the berries in several layers. You form a branch and antennae from a spiral. The leaves are simply cut out of paper, crushing the veins in places.

Acorns are made from two cones. One forms the fruit, and the pericarp is made from the "calyx". Wire-twigs are glued inside. The leaves are collected according to the oak leaf pattern. That is, you connect the "eyes" together, and glue the edges with a strip of paper, adjusting the shape of the sheet.

Rosehip is also made from two long cones. Insert a bundle of thin wire or strips from one end, fasten the stem from the other. Leaves are cut out of paper or formed from "eyes".

Globular flowers are collected from long cones. Glue the first row into a circle, put a new layer on it. When forming a ball, the middle becomes convex. Insert cones into the last row, forming half of the figure. From the hemispheres make floral quillingpaintings. The master class on the formation of a whole ball must be repeated. That is, turn the hemisphere over and glue it with rows of cones.

Summary of results

Quilling is convenient because the same image can be presented in different ways. For example, willow is collected from white "eyes" and marsh sunken petals. The branch is represented by a strip of paper. Or you can experiment with cones and build voluminous "bunnies".