Lesson 51 of 100 · Collage

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Paper Collage Landscape (Part 11)

🎨Studio Brief #51

Build a landscape entirely from torn and cut paper.

🎯 Your mission

Use one boring material in an unboring way.

⚡ The twist

No glue. Only folds and cuts.

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Mind = Blown

🤯 You can fold a piece of paper at most about 7 times — physics gets in the way after that.

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Artist Spotlight

🎨 Faith Ringgold turned story quilts into world-famous art.

Practice layering in this art lesson: paper collage landscape (part 11).

What You'll Learn

Build a landscape entirely from torn and cut paper. Overlapping layers of colored paper create a sense of depth—distant mountains behind nearby trees.

Techniques You'll Practice

layeringtorn paper edgesatmospheric perspective

Materials Needed

Child-safe scissorsGlue sticks

Step-by-Step Guide

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Where you see this in real life

The next time you 'just buy it,' notice how much you could've made yourself.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Make a card for someone who isn't expecting one.

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For the dinner table

“What's something you'd build if you had unlimited cardboard?”

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