Lily is perhaps one of the most delicate and pretty flowers. Usually, among the white petals, a yellow center is hidden. This classic combination of tones may be somewhat different. The main thing is that the shades are gentle and muted. Is it possible to create with your own hands an artificial semblance of this wonderful living creation of nature? This article offers a detailed master class that talks about how to make a lily out of paper. Stages of work are accompanied by a photo. Thanks to this instruction, it is very simple to make a flower out of paper. Lily will most successfully look in a bouquet consisting of several blossoming buds (photo 1). So let's get started.
Used craft material
In order for the flower to keep its shape well, you need to carefully and thoughtfully approach the choice of material. Plain white paper would probably be too thin. It will be needed only for making a flower template. For the craft itself, it is worth using a denser one, for example, album sheets or a piece of Whatman paper. From the tools, prepare scissors, a simple pencil, a set of brushes for drawing. And to color the middle - yellow acrylic or poster paint (gouache). You will also need glue (quick-drying type "Moment"). With its help, flowers are formed from blanks. For the stem, you can take any well-retaining wire shape, which is then hidden in a green ribbon. Leaves are made of the same dense material as the flowers. For painting, green paint will be needed.
First stage. How to make a lily out of paper? Template making
The flower is made from a single piece. To make a template, take a standard A4 sheet and place a palm on it. Trace all fingers with a continuous line. The lower part looks like a smooth arc with a flat limit in the middle. How to make a paper lily more believable? It is the multilevel arrangement of the petals that will be the most natural. But at the same time they need to be drawn about the same width. Place the joints in the form of sharp corners, without smooth transitions. Cut out the drawn pattern and use it to draw a contour on thick paper. Since the workpiece is a little asymmetric, it is possible to wrap it around its axis for the production of several buds when transferring to the material (that is, use a mirror image of the location of the petals). So crafts will be somewhat different from each other.
The second stage: giving the flower the desired shape
Now turn the prepared blanks into buds. How to make a paper lily most similar to a natural flower? To do this, take a pencil (it should be smooth and without edges) and turn the petals on it one by one (photo 2). Then let the spirals loosen slightly. As a result, they will look like tucked up rings. Do the same job with all the fingers. In this case, the petals should twist in one direction. Wrap the workpieces around their axis so that the spirals are pointing down. After that, you can proceed to the next stage of work - the design of the internal part.
The third stage: coloring the middle of the bud
Consider how to make a lily out of paper with natural colors. Usually the core should be yellow, but other shades are possible. Take the paint and apply it to the places at the base, as well as stepping a little in the middle of the petals (photo 3). The lower part will be solid, and the upper - like fingers. There is another design option. You can take a rectangular piece of paper and paint it yellow. Then cut it on one side in the form of long thin strips. Paint the very edges of such stamens with black paint. Then roll the workpiece at the whole base into a tube, and fluff the edges freely. Insert the core made in this way into the center of the formed bud.
The fourth stage: the formation of buds
After the paint has completely dried, you can start folding the blanks. Connect the product in the shape of a funnel, while leaving a small hole at the bottom to secure the stem and leaves. Then it is made out of a paper lily in the form of a bouquet. The leaves scheme (photo 4) provides for their production with an average jumper with a width of at least 1-1.5 cm, since a hole will need to be cut in the center. So, take a thick paper, transfer a template to it and paint it with green paint. You can also perform this stage after the complete cutting of the leaves. In conclusion, string the leaves (previously wrapped with a color ribbon in tone) leaves, and then the bud. In order for the structure to hold firmly and not slip, it is necessary to make fixing places. To do this, wrap the edge of the wire inside the flower with a loop. Do the same under the leaves. Gather a bouquet of several such buds made by yourself.
Corrugated Paper Flowers
Having mastered this simple technique, you can try to work with other materials. Make, for example, lilies from corrugated paper. Photo 5 shows one of the options for crafts. Such flowers are more reminiscent of water lilies. From the whole palette, except for white, other light shades are also suitable - soft pink, pale yellow. Multicolor buds look very unusual when there is a smooth change in color saturation from edge to middle or vice versa.
The main principle of bud formation in this case is the manufacture of each petal individually. In the lower part of the flower, arrange larger workpieces, evenly distributing them around the circumference over the green base. Then, with each next row, stick smaller petals. Decorate the middle with a bunch of yarn, different in color from the main tone of the craft, and beads. The last finishing element can be fixed with knots at the edges of the threads. It is problematic to form flowers formed in this way in the form of buds on a stem. Therefore, create a craft on a plane as a part of, for example, panel displays.
Fantasy and surprise with unusual creations!