- paper or cardstock for silhouettes (any colours you like)
- scrapbook, journal, or other surface
- adhesives
- scissors
- pens (optional)
- decorative elements (optional)
- frame (optional)
Do:
- Trace and cut out however many silhouettes you like each week - of objects, people, buildings, etc. that impacted you in some way.
- At the end of the year, or month, or whatever, arrange them on your surface then glue them down.
- Decorate the silhouettes if you want, creating a frameable collage with them.
Notes:
- You can use a different colour for each silhouette, or select a specific palette to choose from, or choose a different palette for each week, day, month, or object type.
- To show some separation so you can tell one silhouette from the next (particularly important if you use the same colour for all of them), you can use a pen, paint marker, or coloured pencil to mark the edges of the silhouette in some way (or colour whole parts of them) before you add them to your final collage.
- You could use patterned paper or fabric.
- Experiment with scales and, instead of having all silhouettes the same size, try different ones.
- Instead of a collage, use your silhouettes to create a large mural on the wall.
- Create a large mural in a public space where people can contribute their own silhouettes.