Paper Cutting Art Tutorial

Explore the art of paper cutting and practice with free templates.

Paper cutting art tutorial.

I tend to use manicure scissors to do paper cutting because i always tear the paper when using an exacto knife. Whether you re looking for a crafty advice or inspiration this is the place to be. Any scalpel cutting knife will do x acto etc so long as it comes to a sharp point and is flexible. I even bought a special fiskars cutter and still was unsuccessful.

Practice makes perfect when paper cutting. Papercutting is a fabulous art form. I have a lovely paper cutting tutorial from clare willcocks so if you have ever been tempted to try out paper cutting but weren t sure where to start why not start here. Here s an overview of what you need we ll go over it in greater detail in a moment cutting board scalpel card or paper gluestick preferably a bad one masking tape an image you want to cut out clear sticky tape plain white paper or in a contrasting shade to your card ruler scalpel.

Thank you for this tutorial. As part of a new artist how to series featuring the ancient art of paper cutting we worked with artist grace hart to demonstrate this beautiful practice. I ve been experimenting for a while now to find an efficient way to make such pieces of art layering intricate. While everyone can trace through a pre designed paper and cut it as required handling the initial design is not a task that can be entrusted to anyone.

You can create anything from simple graphic designs to incredibly detailed three dimensional images. This is a beautiful paper art clock design that can fill up your wall. Hopefully this will give you a starting point to creating something out of cut paper an artwork from a single sheet a collage a pop up or even a custom envelope. Today i m bringing it to a new level and i m going to share some tips about making a layered papercut a portrait drawing landscape.

Discover your own creativity and the beauty of handmade. Here you will find daily art inspiration tutorials and ideas. First video in the paper cutting basics series. Sam from paper scissors rock with thanks to sass harding photography for the pictures p s.

If you are a beginner and looking for really easy paper cutting ideas to decorate your home this is the one you should go with. In this tutorial you ll discover all the tools and techniques you need to start creating your own works of papercut art. Clare from artartart co uk created an incredible tutorial.