Natural Impressions

Leaf Impressions

CHAPTER 1. BEGINNING THE JOURNEY

Discovering Your Creative Path through Nature

Gathering Materials for Nature Prints

Selecting Paper, Cloth, and Paint

DEMONSTRATION   Inking the Leaf: Nature Printing

Deciding on Your Composition Style

CHAPTER 2. CATCHING NATURE'S COLORS IN YOUR MEMORY

Morning Glory on My Pillow

Using the Color-Catcher Method

Creating Memory-Inspired Leaf Prints

CHAPTER 3. ILLUMINATING YOUR NIGHTTIME MIND

Drinking the Moon

Moonlight in a Bottle: Bleach and Things to Know

DEMONSTRATION   Moonscape: Fabric Bleaching Procedure

DEMONSTRATION   Treescape: Creating Tree Bark

Paper Bleaching

CHAPTER 4. FREEING CHILDHOOD SPONTANEITY

Crayon Creativity

Making Leaf Rubbings

DEMONSTRATION   Creating a Crayon Cloth Vest

Coloring Books and Lap Labryinths

Flower Impressions

CHAPTER 5. LEARNING TO LOVE DAYDREAMS

Inside a Hummingbird's Dream

Printing Your Garden: Fresh Flowers

Tracing Your Birthday Roses: Florist Flowers

Printing while It Snows: Dried and Pressed Flowers

Monoprinting over Flower Blockouts

Creating Nature Boards

DEMONSTRATION   Fusing Photocopy Collages

CHAPTER 6. LIVING WITH BUTTERFLIES

Flying Flowers

DEMONSTRATION   Printing Wings

Long Brush of the Mind

Nature Prints to Printouts

Variations: Butterflies and Leaf Prints

Fish Impressions

CHAPTER 7. FISHING OUTSIDE YOUR CREATIVE BOUNDARIES

When Fish Fly

Printing from the Pond: Real Fish

DEMONSTRATION   The Indirect Printing Method on Fabric

DEMONSTRATION   The Direct Printing Method on Paper or Fabric

DEMONSTRATION   Printing without a Fish: Replicas

DEMONSTRATION   Printing a School of Fish: Rubber Stamps

Closing

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