20: Making a picture from nature rubbings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/B1FE7B9F-B928-4F94-887C-140BEAA8FAB0-rotated-e1589381405919-895x1024.jpeg\")
<\/figure><\/li>![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/1BEFEE3D-6136-48A5-AD15-1744BF8C36CB-scaled-e1589381468869-788x1024.jpeg\")
<\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\nDuring lockdown you have to make do with what you\u2019ve got in the house. I would have loved to have done this with coloured chalks, pastels and charcoal<\/strong>, but what I had was wax crayons<\/strong>, so this is what I used. <\/p>\n\n\n\nTo make up for this lack of variety, I used different types of paper<\/strong>, as you can see in the three step guide below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/4AC98593-BF1C-412D-9596-88F5A321BA8A-768x1024.jpeg\")
Step 1: create a background rubbing , in this case I used the bark of a tree<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/6074A99F-4106-4C53-A3C3-34C51653ADD9-768x1024.jpeg\")
Step 2: do rubbings of smaller items, like leaves, shells, feathers etc and cut them out<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/65DDF03F-1A75-49B5-B2DC-2E8CE8C299CF-768x1024.jpeg\")
Step 3: arrange your cut-outs on your background to create an image; in this case, a flower<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\nTop tips:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n- if you\u2019re taking your rubbing from an object that can be moved (eg a leaf, rather than a tree trunk), put it on a hard, flat surface first<\/strong><\/li>
- use a variety of different mark-makers (chalk, charcoal, pastels, crayons) if you have them <\/strong><\/li>
- use the side of your crayon etc for rubbing, not the tip<\/strong><\/li>
- use a variety of different papers you have around the house – newspaper and brown paper work particularly well, but also baking paper, silver foil<\/strong><\/li>
- you could always draw in some details, if you feel that way inclined<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Have fun, and don\u2019t forget: I’d love to see what you create \u2013 you can email a photo to petarainford@gmail.com<\/strong>, post it on my Peta Rainford\u2019s Facebook page @dogpigeon<\/a><\/strong>, or Tweet me @PetaRainford<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hello again! As you know, since lockdown, I\u2019ve been posting fun activities to do at home every Monday, Wednesday and Friday (excluding holidays, I\u2019m not a madwoman.) This is my 20th post, and I think this round number is a good point at which to take a break – hopefully I have built up a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[64,72,62,67,86],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2226"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2226"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2237,"href":"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2226\/revisions\/2237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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During lockdown you have to make do with what you\u2019ve got in the house. I would have loved to have done this with coloured chalks, pastels and charcoal<\/strong>, but what I had was wax crayons<\/strong>, so this is what I used. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
To make up for this lack of variety, I used different types of paper<\/strong>, as you can see in the three step guide below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Step 1: create a background rubbing , in this case I used the bark of a tree<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li> Step 2: do rubbings of smaller items, like leaves, shells, feathers etc and cut them out<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li> Step 3: arrange your cut-outs on your background to create an image; in this case, a flower<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Top tips:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
- if you\u2019re taking your rubbing from an object that can be moved (eg a leaf, rather than a tree trunk), put it on a hard, flat surface first<\/strong><\/li>
- use a variety of different mark-makers (chalk, charcoal, pastels, crayons) if you have them <\/strong><\/li>
- use the side of your crayon etc for rubbing, not the tip<\/strong><\/li>
- use a variety of different papers you have around the house – newspaper and brown paper work particularly well, but also baking paper, silver foil<\/strong><\/li>
- you could always draw in some details, if you feel that way inclined<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Have fun, and don\u2019t forget: I’d love to see what you create \u2013 you can email a photo to petarainford@gmail.com<\/strong>, post it on my Peta Rainford\u2019s Facebook page @dogpigeon<\/a><\/strong>, or Tweet me @PetaRainford<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hello again! As you know, since lockdown, I\u2019ve been posting fun activities to do at home every Monday, Wednesday and Friday (excluding holidays, I\u2019m not a madwoman.) This is my 20th post, and I think this round number is a good point at which to take a break – hopefully I have built up a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[64,72,62,67,86],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2226"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2226"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2237,"href":"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2226\/revisions\/2237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dogpigeon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
- use a variety of different mark-makers (chalk, charcoal, pastels, crayons) if you have them <\/strong><\/li>