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You can collect the pieces for your collage anywhere—in the woods, at the edge of a river, or even in a junk yard.
One collage could be made ol nuts and bark and twigs and leaves and pieces of grass. Another could be made of cotton, buttons, lace, and ribbon.
Whatever things you choose, put them on a big sheet of paper. Move them around until they make the kind of picture you like best. Now paste, or staple;, or tape them to the paper. Hang your collage on the wall.
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How To Make a Dough Picture
Now you can start building your picture on vour pieces of cardboard. Shape each part of the picture with your fingers before Mm slick it to the cardboard.
You can use brown dough for a tree trunk. Use green for leaves. Add extra dough where you want the bumps in your picture to stand up more. If you wish, you can put seeds, yarn, or other odds and ends into the dough as part of the picture. Let the dough dry.
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Using an Old Rag
You can paint with a rag made ot burlap or towel cloth just the way you paint with a sponge. But the marks of the rag will be different from those of a sponge.
For the most fun of all, try out all these ways ot painting on one picture.
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Using a Sponge
You can paint pictures with a sponge. Dip it in wet paint and touch it to the paper lightly. Notice that sponge marks look different from paintbrush marks. Now try pressing the sponge down hard. Then try rubbing it on the paper. Then try twisting the sponge as you press down on it.
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You can paint pictures with almost anything that puis marks on paper.
Using a Paintbrush
Keep a jar of water handy when vou paint with poster paints, tempera, or water colors. You can clean the brush in the water when yon change from one color to the next.
You can also use the water to make the color lighter. The more water you have on your brush, the thinner the color will be.
