Paper Collage Landscape (Part 18)

Practice layering in this art lesson: paper collage landscape (part 18).

🎨 Studio Brief #86

Build a landscape entirely from torn and cut paper.

🎯 Your mission

Build it from stuff that was about to be thrown away.

⚡ The twist

Make it stand up on its own.

What you'll learn · 1 of 2

Build a landscape entirely from torn and cut paper.

What you'll learn · 2 of 2

Overlapping layers of colored paper create a sense of depth—distant mountains behind nearby trees.

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Techniques you'll practise

layeringtorn paper edgesatmospheric perspective

You will need

Old magazinesConstruction paperChild-safe scissors

Step 1 of 4

Choose papers in blues, greens, browns, and white. Tear (don't cut) paper for a natural, soft edge.

Step 2 of 4

Start with the sky: glue blue paper across the top of your background paper.

Step 3 of 4

Layer distant mountains or hills using lighter, cooler colors. Overlap closer elements using darker, warmer colors.

Step 4 of 4

Add details: trees from green paper, a sun from yellow, a path from brown. Overlap elements for depth.

Did you know?

🤯 Mind = Blown

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

🌟 Artist Spotlight

🎨 Henri Matisse spent his last years cutting paper instead of painting — and made his most famous work.

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