Needed Materials:

• Clothing template 

• Magazines, newspapers, printed images

• Scissors

• Glue 

• Cardstock or mixed-media paper

• Markers, colored pencils, or paint 

• Found materials (fabric scraps, textured paper, etc.)

Step 1:

• Find and cut out different patterns, textures, colors

• Use the clothing templates as a guide, carefully cut out each shape from your selected pattern, texture, or color.

Step 2:

Find and cut out:

• Faces or facial features (eyes, lips, noses)

• Body parts

• Cut apart different facial features

• Mix and match features from different people

• Experiment with scale (e.g., oversized eyes, small mouth)

Tip: look for a variety of skin tones, scales, and perspectives.

Step 3:

On your paper:

• Arrange pieces before gluing

• Overlap and layer images

• Combine realism with abstraction

• Consider balance, contrast, and focal point (Ask yourself: What draws the viewer’s attention first

• Contrast different textures, tones, or expressions

• Glue down your final composition

Step 4: 

• Enhance details (outlines, shading, background) by adding drawn or painted elements.

• (optional) Incorporate text (words, headlines, phrases) into your piece

• Record your theme and name on the back and turn in!

1. Create a new doc

   •  8 x 10 in, 300 ppi

2. Collect images and place them in a folder 

   • Clothing (look at the outline) 

   • Body parts, faces or facial features

   • Textures, patterns, colors

3. Drag in your clothing item, and remove background by using object selection tool and then copy on to a new layer command/ctrl j

4. Grab a patterned image and place over your clothing item, then using the object selection tool select the outline of your clothing on the patterned layer, mask!

   • Another option: You can also select the clothing item then select the paint brush tool and paint in a color!

5. Repeat with next clothing items and patterned images

   • Play with different colors, patterns, and blending modes!