Make Winter Landscape Sponge Art
Use sponges, paint, and paper to stamp trees, snowy hills, and falling snow, learning about texture, layering, and color blending while creating a winter landscape.
Step-by-step guide to make Winter Landscape Sponge Art
How to Draw a Winter Landscape
Step 1
Lay a paper towel under your paper to keep the table clean.
Step 2
Tape the corners of the paper to the table so it wonât move.
Step 3
Squeeze small blobs of each paint color onto separate paper plates.
Step 4
Cut sponges into one big rounded shape and at least two triangle shapes for hills and trees.
Step 5
Dip the big rounded sponge into light blue paint and stamp the top two-thirds of the paper to make the sky.
Step 6
Dip a clean rounded sponge into white paint and stamp across the bottom of the paper to make snowy hills.
Step 7
Dip a triangle sponge into dark green or brown paint and stamp tree shapes standing on the hills.
Step 8
Dip the corner of a small sponge into a lighter color and gently dab the trees and hills to add texture and snow highlights.
Step 9
Dip your fingertip or a small paintbrush into white paint and dot the whole picture to make falling snow.
Step 10
Let your painting dry completely before touching it.
Step 11
Write your name in a corner of the painting to sign your artwork.
Step 12
Rinse and wipe your brushes and sponges clean on a paper towel.
Step 13
Share your finished winter landscape on DIY.org.
Final steps
You're almost there! Complete all the steps, bring your creation to life, post it, and conquer the challenge!
Help!?
What can we use if we don't have craft sponges or paper plates?
If you don't have craft sponges, cut clean kitchen sponges or fold thick paper towels into the big rounded and triangle shapes, and use plastic lids or disposable yogurt cups instead of paper plates to hold the paint.
My paint keeps smearing or the colors look muddyâwhat should I do?
Wipe or rinse the sponge between colors (especially before switching from the light blue sky to white hills or dark green trees), blot excess paint on the paper towel under your work, and tape the paper corners firmly so stamps don't shift and smear.
How can I adapt this activity for different ages?
For preschoolers pre-cut the big rounded and triangle sponges and limit to two or three colors, while older kids can cut their own sponge shapes, blend shades when stamping the top two-thirds for the sky, and add fine brush details before signing their name.
How can we extend or personalize the winter landscape once it's finished?
After the painting dries, add texture and sparkle by dabbing lighter paint for snow highlights, glue on cotton-ball snowmen or sequins to the snowy hills and trees, then write your name in a corner as the final signature.
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Facts about sponge painting and texture techniques
âď¸ No two snowflakes are identicalâstamp different-sized dots with a sponge to mimic unique falling snow.
đ¨ Adding white to a color creates a tint, an easy trick to make frosty blues and pale purples for winter skies.
đ˛ Layering darker tree stamps in front and lighter, bluer shapes behind creates depth using atmospheric perspective.
𧽠Sponge painting is a real decorative technique designers use to create textured finishesâperfect for stamping trees and hills.
đźď¸ Sponge stamping teaches basic printmaking: pressing the same shape repeatedly transfers paint like a stamp to build patterns and texture.
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