Project #171
Time: 2-3 Class Periods
Difficulty: Advanced
Cleanup: Soap & Water
Materials:
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)
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 1Collect images of your favorite sport figures from magazines, newspapers or the internet.
- Step 2Cut out the images with scissors.
- Step 3Create 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 4Paint 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 1Chromacryl 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.
Products Used
- Canson XL Oil & Acrylic Paper Pad, 11x14" (M-51004)
- Chromacryl Students' Acrylic Paint - Neon Blue (CHR-1224)
- Chromacryl Students' Acrylic Paint - Neon Green (CHR-1223)
- Chromacryl Students' Acrylic Paint - Neon Orange (CHR-1221)
- Chromacryl Students' Acrylic Paint - Neon Pink (CHR-1249)
- Chromacryl Students' Acrylic Paint - Neon Violet (CHR-1225)
- Chromacryl Students' Acrylic Paint - Neon Yellow (CHR-1220)
- Elmer's Extra Strength Glue Sticks, 24-count (E-E554)