The document provides instructions for creating a sports cut-out art project in 6 steps: 1) Choose a picture of an athlete, 2) Draw the large areas of the image on newsprint, 3) Choose a background color, 4) Get construction paper in the colors needed, 5) Cut out parts of the same color and trace onto paper to create stencils, and 6) Add smaller details and overlap pieces on the background without gluing until satisfied with the layout.

1. Sports Cut-Outs
Getting Started

2. STEP # 1-CHOOSE A PIC
Find a picture of an
athlete in action
You don’t have to do
the entire picture, you
can crop the image

3. STEP #2-DRAW THE ATHLETE
Begin to draw the
image on a 12” x 18”
piece of newsprint.
Draw the large areas
of the image, don’t
worry about small
details right now.

4. STEP #2-DRAW THE ATHLETE
Begin to draw the
image on a 12” x 18”
piece of newsprint.
Draw the large areas
of the image, don’t
worry about small
details right now.

5. STEP #2-DRAW THE ATHLETE
Begin to draw the
image on a 12” x 18”
piece of newsprint.
Draw the large areas
of the image, don’t
worry about small
details right now.

6. STEP #3- CHOOSE BACKGROUND
Choose a background
color.
Either the color that is
seen the most or a color
you think will look good
The background paper
is the same size as the
newsprint

7. STEP #3- CHOOSE BACKGROUND
Choose a background
color.
Either the color that is
seen the most or a color
you think will look good
The background paper
is the same size as the
newsprint

8. STEP #4- GET PAPER
Get construction paper
of the colors you think
you will need.
If it’s a small part of the
image, look for some
scrap paper to use.
Otherwise get new
pieces

9. STEP #5-CUT OUT AND TRACE
Cut out parts of the
drawing that will be the
same color in the
picture.
Use this as a stencil
and trace it out of the
color you want.

10. STEP #5-CUT OUT AND TRACE
Flip your drawing over
before you trace it. That
way the side you want to
show wont have pencil
lines showing.
Think about putting the
stencil at the edge of the
paper when you trace.

11. STEP #5-CUT OUT AND TRACE
Begin to lay out the
cut out pieces on the
background.
Think about pieces
that overlap rather
than put it together
like a puzzle

12. STEP #5-CUT OUT AND TRACE
Begin to lay out the
cut out pieces on the
background.
Think about pieces
that overlap rather
than put it together
like a puzzle

13. STEP #6-SMALL DETAILS
After the large areas
are put together, think
about the smaller
details
Again, think about
using scraps

14. DON,T GLUE UNTILL.....
Don’t glue untill you
know things fit together
Glue background first
and then overlap pieces
Foreground last