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Draw Like Eric Carle: Tissue Paper Collage (Part 42)

🎨Studio Brief #84

Eric Carle, author of 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar,' created his illustrations by painting tissue paper with bright colors and then cutting and gluing shapes.

🎯 Your mission

Copy a master to learn their secret. Then make it yours.

⚡ The twist

Find what the master left out.

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Mind = Blown

🤯 The Sistine Chapel ceiling took Michelangelo 4 years — and he hated every minute.

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Artist Spotlight

🎨 The *Mona Lisa* is smaller than you think — about the size of a serving tray.

Practice painted tissue collage in this art lesson: draw like eric carle: tissue paper collage (part 42).

What You'll Learn

Eric Carle, author of 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar,' created his illustrations by painting tissue paper with bright colors and then cutting and gluing shapes.

Techniques You'll Practice

painted tissue collageillustrationlayering

Materials Needed

Washable markersCrayonsConstruction paper

Step-by-Step Guide

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Where you see this in real life

The next time you visit a museum (or look one up online), you'll see things others miss.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Visit (or virtually tour) one museum this week.

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For the dinner table

“What's the most interesting piece of art you've seen this year?”

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