Almost Pixel Art
In my art classes, I ask my students to do exercises with color scales. In cardboard rectangles, my students create the color mixtures to make these color cards.
At the end of the task, I got around 200 strips with these exercises.
In order not to waste the material, it occurred to me to make a pixel-style painting but without a defined image.
Supplies
- Cardboard strips with the color mixtures
- Cutter
- Metalic ruler
- Cutting mat
- Glue (PVA)
- Varnish.
- A MDF board ( 50 x 50 cms.)
- On top of the MDF board, trace 5 x 5 cm squares with the ruler.
-Choose the colors and cut the 5 x 5 cm cardboard strips
- Group the cardboard squares according to the colours.
-We can use color theory to make them more harmonious.
- Once you have the layout of the squares ready, we can glue them together. For the corner square I used a paperclip to keep it straight and fixed.
-Put a bag on top and put a lot of weight on top of it so it's nice and flat,
-Let the glue dry overnight
- Varnish everything and hang it in the shop corner.
Thanks