![]() I don't think I quite understood the nature of pixels until I got ahold of Deluxe Paint in the late 80's. Nowadays I would not attempt to pixel something this big - I'd just paint it instead. It's less an attempt at pixel art and more an attempt at "awesome picture" (demo scene style). ![]() It was done in Deluxe Paint III sometime in the late 80's or early 90's (note dragon-mullet). The last step of the painting is to apply yellow paint to the raised centers of the flowers."GHERKING" was found lurking on one of my old Amiga floppy disks. Fill in each area of the artwork with the colors of the painting. Use the raised edges of the glue to create the edges between the shapes of color. ![]() Using acrylic paint and a small brush, fill in each area of the artwork with paint. Your Tin Art is now complete and ready for paint! Smooth the extra foil around the edges of the cardboard and adhere to the back of the cardboard. Once the foil is smoothed over the glue, gently turn the cardboard over and apply glue around the edges. The reason we are using a cotton swab is so that we do not tear the foil. Once you have the foil patted down with your fingertips, gently take a cotton swab to smooth the foil over the glue even further. Start in the center and work your way out, this will help the foil mold over the raised glue. Coat the back of the foil (less shiny side) with the glue stick and gently lay the glued art face down in the center of the glued foil.Ĭarefully turn the artwork over and gently begin pressing down on the foil with your fingertips to adhere the foil to the raised glue. Once the glue is dry, tear off a sheet of aluminum foil just a bit larger than the cardboard. Allow the glue to lay flat and dry completely. Next, trace the important lines of the painting in tacky glue. ![]() The rigid cardboard will create a durable surface to support the artwork. The first step of this project is to use the glue stick to glue the copy of the artwork to the piece of cardboard. Acrylic Paint (Red/Yellow/Blue/White/Black).Printed detail of artwork trimmed to 8 x 10.Cardboard or Bristol Board (8 x 10) (we used a recycled cardboard bo).Supplies needed for this Mexican tin art project for kids are: To make things a bit easier for the art project, I cropped just the center of the painting. In 1922, Rivera completed his first of the murals at Escuela Nacional Preparatoria in Mexico City. Rivera was able to express his artistic viewpoint of Mexico’s people through a series of murals painted on the walls of public buildings funded by the government. In his own artwork, Diego Rivera created art that reflected the native people and working class of Mexico. He was able to view art created by Paul Gaugin, Henri Matisse, and many other artists as well. While in Europe he made friends with many popular artists of the time, including Pablo Picasso. An early artistic influence in his life was an artist José Posada, who ran a print shop near his school.Īround the age of 21, Diego visited Europe to further study art. He began drawing as a child and at the age of 10, he went to study at the San Carlos Academy of Fine Arts in Mexico City. Rivera’s interest in art expressed itself at an early age. Diego Rivera was born in Guanajuato, Mexico in 1886.
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