Project #171

Time: 2-3 Class Periods
Difficulty: Advanced
Cleanup: Soap & Water

Materials:

Newspapers, Magazines or Internet Images

Scissors

Glue Sticks

Canson Oil & Acrylic Paper Pad

Neon Acrylic Paints

Paintbrush

Black Light (optional)

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LeRoy Neiman was an American artist known for his brilliantly colored screen prints of athletes. Make your own collage featuring your favorite sports figure! Use neon acrylic paints to create a fun work of art that can be viewed with black lights. This project also has an instructional video available!

Steps

Step 1
Collect images of your favorite sport figures from magazines, newspapers or the internet.
Step 2
Cut out the images with scissors.
Step 3
Create a collage by using Elmer's Extra Strength Glue Stick to glue the cut-out images to an 11x14" sheet of XL Oil & Acrylic Paper.
Step 4
Paint the background of the collage with Chromacryl Neon Student Acrylic. Start out with a thin layer to establish your color scheme then go wild with heavy impasto strokes.
Optional Tip 1
Chromacryl Neon Students' Acrylic is bold in regular light, and electric in black light. Turn out the lights and shine a black light on the painting for cool effects.

Project #171

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