Are you looking for something
to do with leftover bits of wrapping paper?
If so, simply gather some new, or
slightly used wrapping paper, safety scissors, glue and white poster paper. You
might also wish to have a pencil and eraser handy.
Ready, set go and cut a piece
of poster paper to a size of around 9" x 12" (22cm x 30cm).
Now, choose a
design or image to work with. This could be a fish, a rooster, a sunshine or a
car... whatever you decide is fine.
Lightly draw an outline of your image onto
the poster paper - remembering to keep it simple!
Next, cut your wrapping paper
up into shapes that you can use to create your image. Take some time to work out
all the details.
When you are happy with your choices, glue the wrapping
paper shapes down onto your poster paper drawing.
You've just created
a cool collage!
Did You Know...
The National Gallery of Art in
Washington DC describes collage as a technique that incorporates fragments of
commercially printed paper into compositions. They also say, today, any material
glued or fastened to a surface may be called a collage.
Collage is often said to have been invented by
Cubism artists Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. However, many years prior to
Cubism, Italian portrait painters often pasted small bits of gilded paper and
sometimes jewels and stones onto their paintings.
Now you know.
Lesson: Andrea Mulder-Slater
Illustration: Geoff Slater
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Keep creating!
~Andrea
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