When I saw a post about weaving together two identical paintings, I thought it was the coolest idea! So I wanted to introduce it to you! The idea is to paint two pictures that are almost identical, then weave them together to create something different. I have included two templates of pictures in the kit, to make it easier to make them identical, but please feel free to experiment and draw your own pictures. The colors are ideally identical as well, but if you decide to get creative and the colors don’t match, the end result is still pretty cool. There are lines on the back of the pictures to help when cutting up the paintings, and it is also good to warn kids – especially the younger ones – that they or you will be cutting up those beautiful paintings they just created.
Materials Included:
- 1 paint brush
- 3 tempura (washable) paint colors
- 2 snowflake templates
- 2 heart templates
Instructions:
- Paint the templates! For the best result, paint the inside of the shape a different color than the background.
- Paint the two shapes as similar as you can.
- Cut the identical paintings into strips, following the lines on the back of the sheets. One horizontal, one vertical.
- Arrange the strips back into the painting before it was cut.
- Glue all vertical strips to the top horizontal strip. Glue the first strip over, second strip under, third over, alternating until all vertical strips are glued.
- Weave the second horizontal strip over the first vertical strip, under the second, over the third, alternating until the entire strip is woven into the picture.
- Weave the third horizontal strip under the first vertical strip, over the second, under the third, alternating until that strip is woven into the picture.
- Continue weaving until the two pictures are completely woven together.
– Cassie, Youth Services Assistant