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How to make Arctic Art!

Learn how to paint the perfect polar picture…

Calling all young artists! Follow the steps below to create your own amazing Arctic scene silhouetted against the Northern Lights. Wow!

Two images of arctic art: one captures vibrant purple and green auroras above silhouetted pine trees; the other displays green, blue, and pink northern lights over a snowy landscape with a mountain and small houses.

How to make Arctic Art

A set of art supplies for arctic art, including tubes of paint, a glue stick, a sponge, scissors, a pencil, two paintbrushes, and stacked sheets of white and black paper.

What you’ll need…

Thick white paper (watercolour paper if possible)
Sponge
Paints and paint brushes
Pencil
Black paper or card
Scissors
Glue

Step 1

A person’s hands holding a yellow sponge and wiping a white rectangular sheet placed on a blue surface, evoking the crisp simplicity of arctic art.

First, wet your paper with a sponge. This will help the colours spread and bleed across the paper.

Step 2

A hand creates arctic art by painting blue and purple watercolor on white paper, using a paintbrush and a palette filled with blue, purple, yellow, and black paint, all arranged on a blue cloth.

Looking at the pics (top of page) for inspiration, apply paint to the wet paper to create a swirling Arctic sky lit up with the Northern Lights!

Step 3

A child’s hand dabs paint onto a canvas, creating blue and purple patterns inspired by arctic art. Nearby, a paper plate holds blobs of purple and yellow paint. The surfaces are covered with a blue tablecloth.

Try swiping some of the wet paint away with a dry sponge to create streaks of light. When you’re happy with the effect, leave it to dry.

Step 4

A black piece of paper with outlines of three overlapping pine trees sketched in white pencil evokes arctic art. The background edges are dark blue.

Using a piece of black paper the same width as your painting, draw the outline of some pine trees or mountains using a pencil.

Step 5

A child creates arctic art by cutting jagged shapes from black paper with scissors and gluing them onto a white sheet. The child wears a blue shirt with an orange figure on it.

Carefully cut around this outline, then stick it onto the painting to finish off your magical scene!

Two paintings show black silhouettes of mountains and trees against colorful watercolor skies, capturing the magic of the northern lights with vibrant blue, purple, green, and yellow hues—perfect for lovers of arctic art.

Top tip: if you really put your art skills to the test, see what different things you can include in your silhouette! Maybe a bird on the tree top? Or a wolf on the mountain?!

 

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  • Lakshya

    Can't wait to see!

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  • Lakshya

    Awesome! do you have anymore of your awesome projects and crafts? If not please make them and show me them they are spectacular!

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  • Sahasra

    LOL!

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