Clay Leaves

I've been using air dry clay in the classroom to teach my students how to make clay leaves. 

Here are some of the leaves that I made. 

I rolled out the clay, cut out a leaf shape, used a clay coil for a small pedestal on the bottom and draped it over a tube to give it a gentle curve. 

I blended and layered the paint...

added gold accents on some of them...

and added my favorite spiral motif on others.

clay leaves