Collage-style decorative poster with "Lenin on tour" and Frida Kahlo portrait.
The Public Portraiture Gallery at the Smithsonian Faculty identifies posters as "a profound power in our culture." The gallery's website offers examples of memorable posters of historical figures, musicians, performances and yet a wanted poster. From handmade reason posters displayed at rallies and marches to slick film posters, individuals and businesses with a notice custom posters to take care and channel material buttoned up Craft. Creating a poster begins with design---the Election of lettering, colour and images disturb the viewer. With a animus and basic Craft supplies from a Art store, you can devise an eye-catching decorative poster.
Instructions
1. Examine some decorative posters at shops, galleries, museums or online. Notice types of lettering, background colors, the use of one main image or a group of images. Pay attention to how much text the poster designer used on posters similar to what you want to create.
2. Select colors for the decorative poster. Cool colors such as green and blue tend to be soothing, while warm colors such as yellow, orange and red grab attention.
3. Write down the message or slogan of the decorative poster on scratch paper. Create an image, such as a drawing of a glass unicorn or of two of the actors in costume in a scene from the play. Center the image in the remaining area of the poster board and leave a border of empty space at least an inch wide all the way around the image. Sketch the image in pencil.7.
Use a ruler to draw light lines with a pencil across the top or the bottom of the poster for the lettering. For example, put "Goat Ridge School Presents 'The Glass Menagerie' November 15-17 8PM" on three lines to make it easy to read. Put the name of your school on the first line, the title of the play on the second line in larger letters and the dates and time on the third line in the same size letters as the school name. If the tallest letters are 4 inches tall, make the lines 5 inches apart.
5. Poster in color with smoggy city skyline and airplane: "We need trees."
Use stencils to add the letters for the words. Trace one letter at a time in pencil on the line to make the words.
6. For example, if the message of your poster will be "Our 4-H club needs your support," a slogan would be "Get involved with 4-H," and the poster could feature names and pictures of businesses and individuals that support 4-H. Use as few words as possible so you can make the words large enough to read.4.
Paint the background, leaving the image and lettering unpainted. Allow the background to dry.
8. Fill in the lettering with large marking pens or paint the letters. Use small paint brushes to paint the image with poster paints. Clean the brushes in water between each color.
