Steps:

Enjoy and Have fun!

1. Draw your moon. With a pencil, lightly draw a big circle for your moon shape. You want this to take up most of your paper, so you could use a plate, bowl, or any larger circular template to trace a circle.

2. You have the option to cut out your moon, or let it be. You can cut it out now or at the very end after the paint is dry, or you may choose to not cut it out at all.

3. Gather your mixed media materials (objects that your parents are okay with probably not being able to be used for anything other than this painting). Check out the “Lesson Inspiration” link. Think outside the box, starting now! Think: How can I paint this moon without a paintbrush? What objects can I use to make marks on the moon? Mixed media means mixing different media (tools) together to make your artwork. You want to use things to make unique and fun marks with the paint. Like, using a cotton ball to print dots of paint, or crinkled up tissue paper to print funky shapes, or dip the end of a straw into your paint and splatter it onto your moon.

4. Put your paint on your plastic/paper plate. Use any colors that you want. For whatever colors you are using, only put a very small amount of paint down at a time (dime or quarter size dab of paint). You will use your mixed media materials to “print” paint marks onto your moon.

5. Make your moon! Be sure to carefully print each mark one at a time. “Print” meaning you will dip the tip of each object into a dab of paint and gently press it onto your moon. Print as many marks as you can. Try to not mix colors. If you want to re-use an object for another color, try cleaning off the paint with a paper towel. Make this a moon like you’ve never seen!

Make It Your Own- The Moon

YouTube:

-Van Gogh Starry Night for Kids

-5 Year Old Painting Van Gogh

-Experimental Van Gogh Painting

Google Image Search:

-Moon Paintings