How to Model a Realistic Iris Flower out of Foam

You need:

  • foam
  • patterns (templates)
  • toothpick
  • scissors
  • hot glue gun
  • iron
  • tape and wire
  • acrylic paint (white, yellow, ultramarine)

1. Patterns (templates):

2. Trace the pattern with a toothpick, then cut out the blank:

3. Prepare 3 petals by each pattern, i.e., 9 petals total.

4. Draw veins, as shown on the picture, using the toothpick:

5. Shade petals as shown in the photo. You need ultramarine acrylic paint:

6. Create a relief (cut along the edge):

7. Continue painting:

8. After drying of the previous layer, apply bright yellow acrylic paint.

9. Give the petals shape:

10. Add volume bending blanks to the backside:

11. Heating the stem of the petal and bend it in half, as pictured.

12. Continue to heat the petals.

13. Continue to warm the petals to reveal the veins:

14. Glue two petals together, bend the legs to each other:

15. Combine the three parts of the flower:

16. The first part of the gluing is completed.

17. Glue the remaining three narrow petals between the previous ones.

18. Fix the stem with the tape and glue the leaves:

19. the iris is ready!

Enjoy your creativity!