Concrete Leaf Casting Painting
Concrete leaf casting step 1.
Concrete leaf casting painting. Mound concrete in the center of the leaf then smooth it carefully to the outer edges of the leaf adding more concrete as needed. Brush concrete stain over the entire concrete leaf. Choose a leaf with deep visibly defined veins pour the concrete mix on a large tray or baking sheet. Select a leaf with a nice shape and free of holes and tears.
Cover the sand mold with plastic. This grape vine leaf is cast in concrete. How to paint an autumn flame concrete cast leaf using acrylic paint with dry brush effect and technique. Cover the leaf with plastic wrap.
Then fit a precut piece of chicken wire to the back of the leaf. How to paint and stain concrete leaves step 1. Roberta walked us through the steps involved in making the concrete leaves including mixing the concrete adding colorant mounding sand choosing leaves working with the underside of the leaf building up the concrete smoothing the bottom with a brush and adding a copper fitting if we wanted to put our cast leaf on a copper pipe pedestal for a raised bird bath or feeder. Place your leaf vein side up on the plastic.
It has been lovingly hand painted in beautiful and vibrant metallic colors and sealed with a high gloss enamel sealer. Put another thin layer of concrete on and finish. Allow to dry between. Using a pile of wet sand form the pile to create.
It is one of a kind as the leaf is discarded after the cast has dried. The leaf has been cured and then hand painted in hot colors with metallic highlights. Sand your concrete leaf lightly with a fine grit sandpaper. The leaf measures approximately 11 x 10.
Make the mound larger than the leaf. Mix your concrete premix is fine and press concrete over. This concrete rhubarb leaf has been hand cast using a real rhubarb leaf and no two are alike as the leaf used in the casting process is discarded after use. Painting a concrete casted leaf in an autumn flame style.
Cement leaf castings are painted with acrylic paints. Put a fairly thin layer of concrete on the leaf. Rinse clean with a garden hose. 12 tall x 11 inches at the widest point.