Stencil Art

Stencil art
Supplies:
1. Acrylic paint
2. Water
3. Paint brushes/ Makeup
sponges
4. Water color paper
Directions:
1. Using black paper, draw and cut out a pot of gold and glue it to your water color
paper.
2. Use a stencil with different size cirlcles to create your rainbow by applying acrylic
paints using makeup sponge wedges and/or paint brush to apply the paint.
3. Or if your members want to really be creative, then they can create an abstract
painting using stencils.
Abstract
Painting
You will need:

Acrylic Paint
Canvas board or Card
stock
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
Brushes
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Water cup
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Paper towels
Here is simple painting project
to do with your members to
teach them what abstract art
is. An abstract painting is a
painting that does not have
subject matter. The viewer creates in their head what they
think the painting is. First have
your members choose 3-5
different colors they want to
use. Then put dabs of paint
onto the paper in random order. Then take a brush and
spread the paint around. Have
them use different techniques
to spread the paint around. If
they want have them use a finger.
Wet on Wet
Supplies:
1. Acrylic paint
2. Water
3. Paint brushes
4. Water color
paper
5. Glue
Directions:
1. Pour a fair amount of glue onto your water color paper.
2. Add drops of different color paints into the glue and move it
through the glue using the handle part of the paint brush. The
patterns that are created are really cool.
3. Set aside to dry.
Abstract
Painting
You will need:

Acrylic Paint
Canvas board, Cardstock or
Watercolor paper


Brushes

Water cup

Paper towels
On a big sheet of paper or
if you do not have that then
use many smaller sheets,
have your members cover
the entire surface with colors. There does not need to
be any rhyme or reason to
their color choice, but don’t
let them mix up too many
colors as it will turn to a
muddy color. Set aside to
dry. Once dry, cut up into
small 6 inch by 6 inch
squares. Now randomly
piece them together like a
quilt and look at the crazy
design you created.
Abstract
Collage
You will need:

Glue

Scissors
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Pencil/Markers

Cardstock

Magazines

Newspaper
To start, have your members
gather up a bunch of magazine
pages. I recommend using
magazines paper or newspaper because it’s thinner and
much easier to roll up. Each
rolled up paper should be 2-5
inches in length. Take the piece
of paper and roll it around a
pencil or pen or a paint brush.
Glue the end of the paper
down so that it does not come
unrolled and then slide the
pencil, pen or brush out. Then
add some more glue to the
outside of the roll and put it
onto the cardstock. Continue
that process and be sure to
glue the rolls down in random
order.
Landscape Collage
You will need:

Glue

Scissors

Pencil/Markers

Cardstock

Magazines

Construction Paper
Here is a simple collage project
that you can do with your
members. Using construction
paper and magazines, have
your members create a landscape. If they have trouble
finding images they want they
can always draw the image on
the construction paper or the
magazine paper and then cut it
out and glue it to the cardstock. If your members aren't
into creating a landscape, you
can always have them create a
flower or an animal collage
similar to these examples.
You will need:
Abstract
Mixed Media
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Mod Podge

Acrylic Paint

Tissue Paper
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Scissors
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Pastels

Canvas board or cardstock

Sponge Brushes
Start by taking a piece of tissue paper and
scrunching it up. The more ridges an wrinkles
the better. Make sure the tissue paper is bigger
than your canvas or cardstock. Put a thin layer of
Mod Podge on your canvas or cardstock using a
sponge brush that has been dipped in water.
Gently place your tissue paper on top of the
Mod Podge. Make sure there is tissue hanging
off all four sides. Don’t smooth it down. The
idea here is to keep all those ridges and creases
you made. If you want it less textured in places,
gently pat it down. Once that is done, gently cut
off the excess tissue paper and let it dry. Once
it’s dry (or mostly dry) water down your first
paint color. You want it kind of runny. Use the
sponge brush to dab on the color. Don’t actually
paint it on, because the tissue paper gets wet
during this part and will easily tear. Let it dry? Or
don’t let it dry, before adding the next color?
Your choice. Only use 2-3 colors, otherwise you’ll
end up with a brown mess. Whichever way you
choose, dab on the next colors just like the
first. You don’t have to fill the whole canvas
with all the colors. Get creative! Once your done
painting, let it completely dry. Now take a pastel
and gently rub it across the picture. The idea is
to highlight the ridges so choose a color that will
give you a lot of contrast.
Abstract
Painting
You will need:

Acrylic Paint
Canvas board, Cardstock
or Watercolor paper


Brushes

Water cup

Paper towels
First start by painting the edge of your
surface in a solid color, here is used red,
but it’s your choice. I then painted in various shapes, one color at a time. For instance, first I painted in all the yellow
shapes. Then all the orange shapes, then
dark pink, light pink, etc. So I continue
painting in these shapes until the white
canvas is entirely covered. These shapes
will form the bottom layer of the composition. I start painting in smaller details on
top of the shapes I already painted. This is
called a layering process, because it
involves adding layers to create the
painting. The process of adding more layers of detail continues. As more details are
added, they become smaller because I start
placing details on top of details. The colors
are chosen to create a sense of movement.
I want the colors to pop off the canvas.
Continue with this process until you feel it
is complete. This may take a couple of sessions to complete.
Impasto
Supplies:
1. Acrylic paint
2. Water
3. Paint brushes
4. Water color paper, canvas
board, or card stock
5. Pallet knife
Directions:
Impasto! Take a palette knife or a brush if you don’t have a palette knife, and use it to smear a blob of paint gently over the surface. Check out the cool mix of smoothness and texture you get.
Don’t blend your colors too much, the idea is to have separation
of the colors to add to the look and texture of the painting.
Impasto
Supplies:
1. Acrylic paint
2. Water
3. Paint brushes
4. Water color paper, canvas
board, or card stock
5. Pallet knife
6. Sponge
Directions:
Impasto! Take a palette knife or a brush if you don’t have a palette
knife, and use it to smear a blob of paint gently over the surface.
Check out the cool mix of smoothness and texture you get. Use a
paint brush to create the trunk of the tree. The sponge will be a
good tool to create the leaves of the tree.
Don’t blend your colors too much, the idea is to have separation of
the colors to add to the look and texture of the painting.