When creating a mosaic, you arrange small pieces of colored glass, stone, or other materials in a regular or organized way to form a design or picture. This repetition of shapes and colors creates a pattern, which adds rhythm and visual interest to the artwork.
Activity Description: Scouts create a mosaic using paper, beans, or fabric based on the version they choose.
- Fulfills Step 3 of GSUSA Daisy Art and Design badge requirements.
- Fulfills Step 4 of GSUSA Brownie Art and Design badge requirements.
- Fulfills Step 2 of GSUSA Junior Art and Design badge requirements.
Info Needed for Art Creation: Scouts should understand that art can be realistic, abstract, or expressive. They will choose a subject and create a visual piece based on it.
- IF created about a specific topic and focus on using a pattern
- Fulfills Step 3 of GSUSA Brownie Art and Design badge requirements.
- Fulfills Step 4 of GSUSA Junior Art and Design badge requirements.
- Leaders – please be aware of double dipping and make your own informed choice.
Info Needed for Pattern Use: Art composition is how artists arrange the different parts of their artwork, like shapes, colors, and lines, to make it look balanced and interesting. It’s like organizing a room so everything fits together nicely and catches your eye. Art composition is about the overall design and layout.
Patterns are the repetition of a design element, such as lines, shapes, or colors, to create a decorative effect. Patterns make art interesting because they create a rhythm, just like a song has a beat. Artists use patterns to help our eyes move around the artwork.
- IF created with a textured material
- Fulfills Step 2 of GSUSA Brownie Art and Design badge requirements.
- Fulfills Step 3 of GSUSA Junior Art and Design badge requirements.
- Leaders – please be aware of double dipping and make your own informed choice.
Info Needed for Texture Element: Texture in a drawing helps us imagine how things would feel if we could touch them. For example, a drawing of a fluffy cat looks soft and furry, while a drawing of a rough rock looks bumpy. When you touch a 3D sculpture, you can feel if it’s smooth, rough, bumpy, or soft. This helps you understand what the artwork is supposed to be, like a rough tree bark or a smooth, shiny car.
Items Needed:
- Glue
- Varies. Pick which version of the craft you wish to make and use their material list.
- Bean Mosaic by Pretty Life Girls (paper plate and various beans to glue)
- Initial Mosaics by Wow Art Project (construction paper)
- Paper Mosaic (colored paper)
- Quilt Collage by GSUSA (large piece of paper and various colored paper or fabric squares to glue) – (Note, Examples of Paper Quilts can be found on Art Sphere Inc.)
Instructions (Estimated Time: 20–60 minutes):
- Follow the instructions on which craft you picked.
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