Starry Night Tissue Collage

Starry Night Tissue Collage

Description:

This activity's goal was to create a cityscape with a background/sky based on some of Vincent van Gogh's style. Tissue paper was cut and lightly glued on a black sheet of construction paper. A clear, varnish-like liquid was then painted over the tissue paper. After the clear varnish-like liquid was dried then oil pastels were used to add more effect to the background/sky of the piece. Using black construction paper a city outline was cut. A white oil pastel and white crayon were used to draw the lights in the windows of the city. The city was then glued onto the background/sky piece of paper. 

Extension Activity:

An extension activity for this project would best be down around Thanksgiving time. Students would create a cornucopia by using the same techniques used to create the cityscape. Students would cut the basket part out of construction paper and in the opening would cut the fruits and vegetables out of tissue paper and lightly glue them into the basket. The varnish-like liquid would be applied to the whole cornucopia. After the liquid was dry the students would use different colors of oil pastels to add detail to both the fruits and vegetables and the basket.