Art 31 - Construction Paper Landscape (Elementary)

CONSTRUCTION PAPER LANDSCAPE

Elementary

Materials

• Construction Paper (various colors)

• Color Markers

•Color Pencils

•Color Crayons

•Scissors

•Permanent Marker

•Glue

•Pencil, Eraser and Sharpener

Step 1: Grass

Cut one piece of green paper for the grass on the ground.

Do not go over half the height of black background.

Grass Continued

With a pencil draw 3 wavy pencil lines across the green paper.

Try to make 4 equal spaces with each pencil line.

Grass Continued

Use a black permanent marker to trace each pencil line.

Grass Continued

Use a green color marker to fill in bottom stripe.

(any value)

Grass Continued

Use a green color pencil to color in second stripe.

(any value)

Grass Continued

Use a green color crayon to color in the third stripe.

(any value)

Grass Continued

Leave top stripe plain so the green construction paper can still be seen.

Glue grass cutout to black background paper matching up bottom edge of grass to bottom of black paper.

Step 2: Trees

Create two tree trunks and two tree tops.

Any pattern can be used making sure to leave at least one part of pattern plain.

Always match color to construction paper. Any value of that color is OK.

Trees Continued

Glue tree trunks followed by tree tops to picture.

Try to space evenly apart to create a nice balance.

Step 3: Clouds

Use blue construction paper to create two clouds.

Color pattern must use blue of any value.

Make sure to again leave at least one stripe plain so construction paper can be seen.

Clouds Continued

Make sure again to leave at least one stripe plain so construction paper can be seen.

Step 4: Anything Goes

Anything can be added to fill the rest of space left in landscape.

Must be natural elements but can not include animals or people.

A minimum of 8 more objects must be added.

Anything Goes Continued

Examples:

• Moon

• Stars

• Flowers

Anything Goes Continued

Examples:

•Tornado

•Mountains

•River

Step 5: Review and Finish

When landscape is finished make sure it has:

•One section of grass.

•Two trees.

•Two clouds

•At least eight additional objects.

Frame with a color piece of construction paper.