Drawing and painting on plexiglass
Create an amazing piece of artwork for any age that is ready to hang on the wall.
This project we can focus on a certain subject or leave it open for the artist to choose. Have the student draw with a dark marker on a piece of tracing paper. Flip the tracing paper and have the artists now trace their backwards drawings on the plexiglass with sharpie. The side of the plexiglass with the sharpie will eventually be the back of the artwork which is why the image is flipped. Sharpie mistakes can be fixed with a q-tip and some hand sanitizer.
Once the sharpie drawing is complete on the plexiglass have the students start painting with the main focus and the smallest areas. They can always check on their progress by holding the plexiglass up and looking at the bottom as that will be the front when the project is complete. Fill the whole plexiglass with acrylic paint.
When the paint is dry you can put it back in the frame and hang it on the wall!
Materials:
Frame (with plexiglass)
Sharpies
Paint
Paint pallette
Brushes
Tracing paper
Water containers
Hand sanitizer and q-tip
Depending on the age and level of the student you can:
Practice drawing skills
Learn how to incorporate a background
Learn how landscapes change and change colour as they are further away
Learn about flipping an image
Practice tracing our own drawings
Learn how to use acrylic paint, use paint brushes, clean paint brushes, thin layers dry faster
