RIC-6584 Exploring Visual Art (Upper)

Newspaper tree collage
DURATION
Two lessons
TASK
Create a collage of a tree using coloured paper and newspaper.
Materials
✓✓ A4 cartridge paper
✓✓ brown and black paper
✓✓ light and dark shades of green paper
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newspaper (The classifieds section
works best as its predominantly black
and white and has small print.)
LESSON 1
1. Cut the newspaper into small squares
(approximately 2 cm x 2 cm) and glue
onto the cartridge paper so that there
are no white gaps.
2. On the brown paper, draw a sloping
shape for the ground or to represent
sandhills. The slope should cover
somewhat less than one-quarter of
the height of the newspaper-covered
cartridge paper. Cut to fit the
newspaper background and glue onto
the bottom edge of the newspaper
sheet.
3. Mount onto black card.
Evaluation
Lesson 2
1. Draw a tree trunk, branches and tree
roots onto the black paper. Cut out and
glue onto the newspaper background.
2. Draw a variety of leaf shapes onto the
light and dark green paper. Cut out and
glue onto the ends of the branches. To
make the collage look most effective,
glue some of the outer leaves extending
over the black mounting card.
Arts ideas Arts skills and processes Arts responses Arts in society
• Generates ideas
based on a
particular theme.
• Uses a variety of
paper to create a
collage.
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lead pencils
erasers
scissors
glue
black card for mounting
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• Evaluates own
artwork and that of
others.
• Understands
that artwork
can be created
from everyday
objects, such as
newspapers.
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