Upcycled Art Projects

Description

Waste materials can become art supplies with a little preparation. These eleven PDF lessons start with the materials and mindset, then work through projects: a canvas made from newspaper, art from dried acrylic paint skins, rock painting, and leaf and stick painting.

Further projects use paint swatches, eggshell art inspired by kintsugi, abstract newspaper backgrounds, paper bag journals, paper mache sculptures and scenes made with found objects. Exercises in some lessons guide you through each project. By the end you have a set of finished pieces and ideas for using other waste materials. Tables in the PDFs list materials for each project.

Who it is for: beginners who want to make art from household waste and found materials.

What’s included
11 PDF lessons · 52 pages · about 20,000 words
One ZIP download that is yours to keep — read on any device, no subscription or app needed.

Course programme

1. Getting Started with Upcycled Art: Materials
2. Creating Your Own Canvas from Newspaper
3. Transforming Acrylic Paint Skins into Art
4. Rock Painting: Nature’s Canvas for Beginners
5. Leaf and Stick Painting Techniques
6. Making Art from Paint Swatches and Color Cards
7. Kintsugi-Inspired Art with Broken Eggshells
8. Abstract Art Using Newspaper Backgrounds
9. Paper Bag Journal Crafting
10. Upcycled Sculptures with Paper Mache
11. Trash Landscape Painting with Found Objects