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Category Archives: Art

Food Packaging Art

Making a piece of art with food packaging that you can find around the house . You will need food packaging and if you also have wrapping paper, sweet foils etc scissors and glue An image , I have used a photocopy of a photo, an image from a magazine, a drawing. It doesn’t haveContinue reading “Food Packaging Art”

Posted byreadysteadyglue12th Jun 202017th Jun 2020Posted inArtLeave a comment on Food Packaging Art

Painting with Scissors

So today we are looking at a very influential artist Henri Matisse.In his late 60’s he became very ill which made painting very difficult so he began to cut into painted paper with scissors to make ideas for work. After a while he chose the cut outs over painting, starting a new medium of “paintingContinue reading “Painting with Scissors”

Posted byreadysteadyglue5th Jun 202017th Jun 2020Posted inArtLeave a comment on Painting with Scissors

Scratch Art

These days you can buy sheets of scratch art but when I was little we would make our own. I used to love doing these and I think they are quite calming to do. You will need crayons, paper and a tooth pick or something similar to scratch away. If you have some black acrylicContinue reading “Scratch Art”

Posted byreadysteadyglue21st May 202017th Jun 2020Posted inArtLeave a comment on Scratch Art

Pizza base prints

Most children like things that have a pretty quick outcome so these are perfect for that. You will need some ink blocks, a pencil and a pizza base or take away container. Recently our pizzas have come on cardboard so thankfully I had been stockpiling these!!! Obviously your print is going to be a mirrorContinue reading “Pizza base prints”

Posted byreadysteadyglue12th May 202017th Jun 2020Posted inArtLeave a comment on Pizza base prints
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