Tissue Paper Masks
I've been enjoying Inservice with my fellow Clarksville Elementary art teachers for the last few days, here are some great tissue paper masks we have been making. This was super easy to do, and I can't wait to try it with my students!
You pre-cut tissue paper strips then apply glue into a mask form and do about 3 layers of glue and tissue. We chose to do either warm, cool, or neutral colors. After the masks were dry we popped them out of the forms, glued them to a construction paper background and added embellishments.
You pre-cut tissue paper strips then apply glue into a mask form and do about 3 layers of glue and tissue. We chose to do either warm, cool, or neutral colors. After the masks were dry we popped them out of the forms, glued them to a construction paper background and added embellishments.
Do you use a glue water mix for the tissue paper when putting it inside of the mask mold? These are great! Just trying to figure out what glue you used, if you added water? Does it pop right off the plastic mold? What grade? What was the lesson about?
ReplyDeleteSorry for all the questions, but I want to do them for my classes! Great idea!
I commented a few weeks ago about this lesson. Just would like to know what the history is with the lesson? What kind of masks did you look at? What is the lesson all about. Really would like to try this with my classes this week. Just want to find out more about it.
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The images of this mask lesson are from an art teacher Inservice presented by Elizabeth. We just used a glue and water mixture and tissue strips. After the masks dry you can just pop them right out. I have done the same lesson with various different grade levels and usually have great success. The only thing that can become an obstacle for students is that the tissue paper can become flimsy and stick to fingers or paintbrushes when trying to apply to the mask form. Or if students use too much liquid it does not dry very well (similar to paper mache)I have done it with african masks in neutral colors and with warm and cool colors. Its a lot of fun and easier than paper mache.
DeleteI am the one who presented this lesson to the other art teachers. I used 1:1 ratio of glue and water for the mixture. We did about three layers of tissue paper and 4 layers of glue. I do this with 1st grade students but it can be adapted for other levels. I usually do warm and cool color families and the 2nd day, I discuss emphasis and we finish the mask using the original color scheme but then add a small amount of the opposite color for emphasis. When I taught it to the teachers, I left it open so that they could decide how to incorporate it into a lesson. This saves a lot of time since you do not have to paint the papier mache the 2nd day.
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