School begins in the not too distant future, but for now, it’s time to
savor the long summer days and special adventures either far from home or in
your own backyard.
A fun
art activity to do with children incorporating these summertime experiences is
to make a work of art using a map for an interesting background texture.
Collect a map from a travel stop, hotel, museum,
local landmark or a roadside gas station. To create a drawing or painting, use
the map to either paint on directly instead of paper, or use the map as a
collage background. Paint or draw something you saw or an experience you had at
the place visited. This could be a landscape or cityscape, a particular animal
you saw, or a special person you met. The map collage can be glued to paper,
cardboard or a small canvas. Use any materials you have on hand to execute the
artwork-markers, paints, or colored pencils.
To
make a collage painting with a map background, follow the steps below:
1. Gently
tear a portion of the map into interesting shapes.
2. Adhere
the map pieces using school glue or Mod Podge onto the canvas, piece of cardboard
or heavy weight paper.
3. When
the glue has dried, brush a light coat of either white acrylic paint or gesso
over the map and entire canvas so the map fades into the background. Let the
paint or gesso dry.
4. Using
acrylic, tempera, oil pastels or other drawing media, depict your subject
matter of choice on top of the collaged pieces. Remember not to use the paint
too heavily-you want some of the map to show underneath your artwork.
Enjoy the rest of the summer, where ever your
travels take you!
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