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Uses: Introductions, portraying characters
Art type: Multimedia
1) Trace your foot, or feet if you have small feet, on a sketchpad.
2) Inside your foot, sketch symbols that represent you and your life. Keep in mind the different materials at your disposal and how they might create a deeper meaning. Utilize art concepts like color, space and texture.
3) Trace your foot, or feet if you prefer, onto a piece of construction paper and cut it out.
4) Draw, paint, and cut out your chosen media.
5) Organize your pieces on your footprint before you glue to make sure everything fits as you've planned.
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6) Glue down the pieces of your footprint.
7) Reinforce your footprint with cardboard if the mediums are heavy.
Possible mediums:
Construction paper
Watercolor
Yarn
Felt
Cardboard
Maps
Popsicle sticks
Seashells
Glitter
My foot:
Vynel silhouettes represent my wife and me. We enjoy walking our dog, Izzy, who is symbolized with a felt collar. She enjoys long walks, modeled by the yarn. We also have a cat named Atticus. I enjoy being outside (construction paper clouds) and snapping photographs (watercolor).
