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Art is full of fun elements and experiments. You can create anything beautiful with anything you find in this world and that is the beauty of art. When the thirst for creativity awakens inside someone their mind starts sorting out newer ideas of creation.
Quilling is such a fun activity that enables you to create beautiful designs and pictures with paper strips. Another interesting thing about art is that the way you are going to do it depends on you, like for paintings, I personally like using acrylic color on standard canvas, but I know people who can create masterpieces with pastels. So in this article, I will just give you some tips from my quilling experiences but there are always other ways of doing it.
What is quilling?
Quilling is a type of activity which needs
Paper strips
Quilling needle
Scissor
Glue
And most importantly, your power of imagination.
It is a very colorful form of art and does need some effort to become a pro. In this art, paper strips are quilled into various shapes and then attached with glue, to form beautiful designs, which can be abstract or practical.
What are the tips for quilling?
Again, as I have mentioned earlier, every artist has their own ways of creation. So below are the ways that I quill, but you can let your mind run wild and discover your own way of quilling-
I use pre-cut quilling strips because they are always the exact length and gives me a proportionate design.
I prefer mixing and matching colors in a gradient contrast like black, grey, white or yellow, red, orange or green, blue, cyan, etc. These combinations make the design look perfectly balanced but you can always choose your own color taste. If you want to contrast red and green, nobody is going to stop you.
I choose pastel-colored backgrounds. Pastel backgrounds help the quills get a vibrant glow and a 3D effect.
I like using quilling needles. Needles ensure that I have a perfectly quilled strip, but you can use pencils, straws, etc.
I like thin paper strips because that makes the design look more compact and detailed.
I use tweezers to put the quilled strip on glue so that I don’t get glue on my hands but get the job done neatly.
I use transparent glue so that even if there is some residue it can’t be seen.
What can you make with quilling strips?
There are a lot of things that you can make with those paper strips, like-
Abstract arts
Landscape and portrait arts
Accessories like earrings and pendants
Decorative art etc.
Play with the colors, the papers, and the designs. Your imaginations are the only thing that should control you, other than that nothing else matters. Art is a world where you can create whatever you want, not for people but for the peace of your soul.
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