Sunny side up

Create your own mosaic masterpiece with this fun project using Resene testpots.

Sunny side up - instruction sheet

Resene kids art with Mark Rayner - Project 84

Difficulty level: Challenging

You will need: Paintbrushes (including a small artists’ brush), Pencil, Piece of heavy cardboard, Plate, Resene Art Action Quick Dry, Resene Testpots in the following colours: Resene Alabaster, Resene Clowning Around, Resene Fizz, Resene Frenzee, Resene Get Reddy, Resene Snap and Resene Splish Splash

Top tip: Make sure you leave a small gap between each of blob of paint – this helps to create the mosaic effect.

Here's another idea: This cool boat mosaic was made using Resene Alabaster, Resene Anakiwa, Resene Balloon, Resene Curious Blue, Resene Havoc, Resene Primetime, Resene Raven and Resene Yellow Sea.

Sunny side up

Another idea: Make a cool boat

Step one
Apply one coat of Resene Art Action Quick Dry to the cardboard and allow two hours to dry.

Step two
Apply two coats of Resene Splish Splash to the cardboard, allowing two hours for each coat to dry.

Step three
Draw a circle on the cardboard, tracing around the plate as shown. Draw in a face and sun rays around the edge of the circle.

Step four
Fill in the face with small blobs of Resene Fizz, as shown, and paint in the mouth using blobs of Resene Get Reddy.

Step five
Using the same paint technique, paint the nose and eyes using Resene Alabaster and Resene Clowning Around. Paint in the sun rays using Resene Frenzee.

Step six
Fill in the background using blobs of Resene Snap. Allow 2 hours to dry. How neat is that?

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