#Origami easy how to#

Step 3: Continue with each colour (blue, pink, bronze, rust and gold) planning for the gold to be around the middle diagonal Step 2: Begin to add colour in a diagonal manner with your metallic brush pens, starting with green. Step 1: Plan the placement of the stencil to start at one top corner of the paper - this will assist in making the pattern to be spaced well. The Metallic brush pen set is very useful when it comes to using the Life of Colour stencils, you can easily get into the smaller species to get the perfect shape every time! The colours chosen from the Metallic paint markers include gold, green, blue, pink, rust and bronze, placing these colours in a rainbow type combination to gain the iridescent final product. Now use the same method to complete a rainbow lined pattern! The 1 mm fine tips are the perfect tool for adding small details! Step 4- Allow the paint to dry and use a fine tip to place 'v' shapes and small flies over the top of the coloured lines. Step 3- Complete the pattern and fill the gaps that are in between the green with a yellow. Step 2- Leave a blank space and paint another green line, then continue making lines across to fill the page. Step 1- Hold the green paint stix so that the side of the tip of it glides along the paper to make a neat line.

#Origami easy how to#

Lemon and lime lined patterns will make perfect paper for a cute origami jumping frog (stay tuned to see how to make one!) The range of Gouache stix from Life of Colour provide a beautiful pastel choice of paints, and they make a great companion for quick crafts because you can easily paint a whole page in seconds! Step 4 - Once the paper is dry, you can start using it for origami! Step 3 - Add more colours progressing with the colours of the rainbow - orange, red, blue and purple

Step 2 - Finish the rose off with curved petals around the edge of the “e” shape. Choose a bright yellow paint stix and towards the corner of the paper, create an “e” shape, this will be the centre of the first rose. Step 1- Cut an A4 piece of paper into a 15 cm square. If you would like smooth edges, you can smear the creamy paint with your finger or a damp paint brush.

The Life of Colour stix are very quick drying, so they are perfect for making paper craft on the go! The Life of colour Silky Paint Stix are paint sticks with poster paint that are used as an alternative to tubes of paint, jars of water and paint brushes, with the same effect. We have also included some fun iridescent metallic paper created using the fantastic Life of Colour metallic brush pens! The dimensions of ready to use store bought origami paper is 15 cm x 15 cm square, however larger sized squares will also be successful.įor the majority of our handmade designed origami paper we have chosen to use the Life of Colour Gouache Stix and Silky Stix because they are so smooth, quick drying and so easy to work with on paper. Standard copy paper can be used and cut down to size. We will start off with basic ideas, then once your skills are developed in the art of folding you might like to try a more complex design.īefore you start painting designs onto paper it is important to choose the right kind and size of paper because if your paper is too thick and is not an exact square then it will be impossible to fold correctly. Life of Colour invites you to the age-old wholesome activity of origami! The first steps will be creating your own origami paper, and then we will move onto learning how to fold the custom-made paper into a variety of different origami formations.