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In this online video-based course you will learn to create one (1) sculpted magnolia branch with multiple branchlets containing flowers, buds, stem, and foliage. In addition Betsy will demonstrate a large-scale fusion of paper magnolia blooms with a foraged, natural branch.
A supply list accompanies superb video instruction, ensuring you have all the tools you need to acquire new skills, expand your artistic repertoire and create paper flowers of the highest quality.
Your instructor for this course is Betsy Humes.
Course Curriculum
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PreviewCourse Brief
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StartPrintables (print before beginning the course)
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StartMagnolia Origin Story (video) (2:58)
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StartWelcome Video (5 min) (4:23)
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StartMaterials Overview (video, 20m) (19:15)
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StartSegment 1: Bud Forms (video, 17m) (17:04)
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StartSegment 2: Making the Centers (video, 61 m) (62:26)
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StartSegment 3: Preparing the Petals (video, 70m) (70:00)
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StartSegment 4: Preparing Pink Bud Paper (video, 33m) (33:42)
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StartSegment 5: Laminate petals (video, 57m)) (57:03)
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StartSegment 6: Assemble Blooms (video, 51m) (51:25)
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StartSegment 7: Green Fuzzy Bud Paper (video, 22m) (22:22)
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StartSegment 8: Wrap Buds (video, 33m) (33:22)
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StartSegment 9: Bark Paper (video, 27m) (27:38)
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StartSegment 10: Making the Branchlettes (video, 64m) (64:58)
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StartSegment 11: Making the Leaves (video, 35m) (35:35)
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StartSegment 12: Attach Elements part 1 (video, 22m) (21:52)
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StartSegment 12: Attach Elements part 2 (video, 87m) (87:27)
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StartSegment 13: Large Branch (video, 51m) (51:35)
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StartSegment 14: Padding the Branch (video, 39m) (39:48)
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StartSegment 15: Enclose with Bark (video, 65m) (65:51)
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StartSegment 16: Final Assembly (video, 23m) (23:09)
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StartYou did it! (0:23)
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PreviewTerms of Use
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StartBonus: Using a Foraged Branch (video, 14m) (14:02)
Your Instructor
A native of New York City, Betsy spends her summers on a small island in Maine.
She grew up in a community that prized creativity. At school, the arts-based curriculum nurtured exploration in music, theater, art and writing and at home she and her siblings moved from one creative project to the next.
As an adult, Betsy began her career in finance and then worked in the garment industry. After sending three kids off into the world, she is now fully embracing her creative roots.