SUPPLIES
Poster Paint
White Glue
Big Paint Brushes
Q-Tips (bundled together with a rubber band)
Watercolor Paper
Lots of Newspaper
Scissors
Paper Plates
STEP ONE
Cover work area with newspaper
Pick 3-4 colors for background:
Warm (yellow, red, orange, yellow
Cool (blue, green, purple)
STEP TWO
STEP THREE
Paint entire paper using
big X strokes, letting the
colors blend. Let each
color show-do not
over blend.
Double Load: Put two
colors at the same time
on a big brush and on
you Q-Tips that are
bundled together
with a rubber band.
STEP FOUR
STEP FIVE
Cut big trees out of
newspaper so the tree
reaches from bottom
to top of painted
paper, Cut
branches too. Glue newspaper
trees to dry painted
background
STEP SIX STEP SIX
Stamp — using the
Q-Tips that are rubber
banded together. Dip
in 2 or 3 colors of
your choice (double
load) and start
stamping to create
"leaves” on the top
half of the newspaper
trees.
GILROY • MORGAN HILL • SAN MARTIN
OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2018
Drop Shadow — using
one Q-Tip dipped in
black poster paint,
outline one side of
each tree trunk and
branches. Do not out-
line all the way around
— pick right or left
side. One dark side
will create the drop
shadow.
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