Tatyana Bezmenova

On April 12, Cosmonautics Day, the guys and I felt involved in a holiday that was celebrated by the whole country. We “flyed” on a spaceship, drew beautiful stars, and ate space candies. And another interesting work of this day is the collage “Young Space Conquerors”.

Goal of the work.

Creating a collage on a space theme.

Tasks.

Give children basic knowledge about space.

Expand children's horizons.

Continue to teach children to use glue and do the work carefully.

Cultivate friendly relationships.

Material.

Blue Whatman paper, glue stick, pictures of spacesuits, photos of children's faces, yellow holographic paper, scissors.

Description of work.

The teacher pastes pictures of spacesuits with children’s faces onto blue Whatman paper. Children glue stars cut out in advance by the teacher.

As a result, we got a wonderful collage, which the children looked at with great interest after finishing the work, recognizing themselves in the astronauts, and how nice it was to feel like a real astronaut.

Publications on the topic:

I invite you on an excursion to the Darwin Museum. There is an exhibition “Animals in Space” dedicated to star travelers - animals.

Abstract of the GCD “Chronology of Space” Abstract of GCD on the topic: Chronology of space. Purpose: To introduce the history of the emergence of Cosmonautics Day. Objectives: To provide initial knowledge about astronauts.

Lego construction project “Space Conquerors. Research station on Mars" Type of project: short-term, group. Project participants: preparatory group children, teachers, parents. Project implementation time:.

Project “Conquerors of Space” for the preparatory group PROJECT “Conquerors of Space” for the preparatory group. Type of project: - educational - research - gaming By the nature of the content:.

Project with children of the senior group of the kindergarten “Conquerors of Space” April 12 is Cosmonautics Day. For this holiday we offer you a project. It is carried out within one age group, in contact with the family.

Project: “The Mysterious World of Space”(preparatory group of general developmental orientation) Compiled by teachers: Lyudmila Georgievna Shpak, Nina Yuryevna Rumyantseva Participants.

The children entered the hall to the song "On the Road of Goodness." Welcome guys, jury and guests! - We are starting our sports festival dedicated to the Day.

In this tutorial I will show you how to create a space collage with planets and galaxy. You will become proficient at arranging and manipulating elements together, and will be able to use this skill in your future work. You'll also learn how to create lighting, work with groups, use brushes, masks, and much more.

Create a new document and fill it with white. I created a document that is wide enough and the height is smaller. Create a new layer and press G to activate the Gradient Tool. Select a Radial Gradient with colors #000a18 and #53657d:

Open the image of the planet. Hide the black background and press Ctrl + Shift + Alt to merge all transparent layers. We will have the following result:

Use the Move Tool and drag the planet into our document. Place it down.

Duplicate this planet twice, resize making them smaller and change their positions as shown below:

Name the larger planet “Planet 1” and the smaller ones “Planet 2” and “Planet 3”. On the layer with planet 2, go to Filter – Blur – Gaussian Blur (Filter-Blur-Gassian Blur), radius 2 px.

Select planet 3 layer and press Ctrl+F to repeat the previous step.

Create a layer group and place all the planets there. Press Ctrl+G since I want to edit them together. Change the group mode to Normal, 100%.

Now I'm using adjustment layers to change the color of these planets. On the planet 1 layer, go to Layer-New Adjustment Layer-Color Balance:

Since the group mode is changed to normal 100%, Adjustment Layers only affect layers within that group.

I want to increase the contrast of planet 1, so I make a new layer with Clipping Mask– with a clipping mask and use a linear gradient (leave the default colors: black and white).

Change the blending mode to Soft Light and add a mask for this layer. Use a soft black brush to remove and reduce the dark differences in some parts of the planet.

Open the Fog image. Drag it into our document, place it under the planets group.

I copy the not very bright part of the image and place it on the right (on the second layer)

Use a layer mask to remove rough edges. Name the last two layers "Fog 1" and "Fog 2".

Create a group for these layers, just like we did with the planets, and also change the mode of this group to normal. Add some adjustment layers to make the color of the fog more suitable.

Color balance:

After using these layers you should have something like this:

Open the starry sky. Move it above the fog group under the planets, resize the image as shown below:

Change the mode to Screen, 50%

Duplicate this layer and move it to the right. Use a layer mask and a soft black brush to remove rough edges

Place the image of the Galaxy into our document. Place this layer on top and resize it (smaller). Place the galaxy in the center of the sky.

Change the blending mode to Screen and remove unnecessary parts using a layer mask.

Create a new layer and set the Foreground color to white. Use the Brush (galaxy one, number 1262) and paint over the areas as shown below:

Press Ctrl+T to transform the brushes in the Galaxy direction.

Add a layer mask to this layer and remove any unwanted parts with a soft black brush

Return to the Fog. Copy part of this image and place it in our document, transform it as shown below (use Ctrl+T and Warp Tool):

Use a layer mask to remove rough edges. Set the opacity of the bottom to 50%

Name this layer "Galaxy Center". Add an adjustment layer with Clipping Mask– Clipping mask for this part to create a suitable color (as in step 3).

Result:

Cut out the ship and place it in the foreground. Reduce.

Let's call this layer "Spaceship 1". Duplicate this ship three times, change their sizes and locations. Name the layers “Spaceship 2”, “Spaceship 3”, “Spaceship 4”.

Create a group for all spaceships. For spaceship 1 add a layer with Clipping Mask– with a clipping mask, use a soft black brush to paint its “bottom”, that is, darken it. Set the blending mode to Soft Light, 100%

Create a new Color Balance layer in this group to change the color of the ships

I'm aiming to make the main light source the galaxy, so that the spaceships should receive reflected light from it. I'll add light to them through an inner shadow effect. Right-click on each ship, select Blending Options:

These ships have different distances from the light source, so pay attention to the opacity of the effects

Result:

Create a new layer inside the spaceship group. Use a soft white brush to paint some light on the top of ships 2 and 3. Blend Mode Soft Light, 50%

Drag the Asteroid image into our document. Duplicate it three times, resize it, transform it. To get rid of unnecessary parts of the image, add a layer mask and use a hard black brush (hardness 90-95%). Erase some asteroids.

Add an Inner Shadow for each asteroid.

Create a group for asteroids. They still look too dark, so for each of them you need to add a Brightness / Contrast layer (Brightness / Contrast), use a clipping mask (Clipping Mask) to reduce their contrast

Open the photo of the girl in Photoshop. First we need to get rid of all the imperfections, small particles and leaves. Use the Clone Stamp Tool (S) for this. Hold Alt and identify the cloning source. It should be close to the area you want to cover. Then, with a single click, remove the small leaf next to the girl.

Now we will remove small branches in the lower and upper corners. To do this, take the Healing Brush Tool or Patch Tool. Select the branches in the upper right corner. Then transfer the selection to a clean area of ​​water. Do the same for the bottom corner.

Step 2: Increase Contrast

Create a new layer (Ctrl + Shift + Alt + N) and set its blending mode to Soft Light. Use a large soft brush to add more light to the girl's face. Then switch to black and paint the bottom of the girl's dress.

Create a Brightness/Contrast adjustment layer: Brightness 51, Opacity 46%. Using a soft brush on the adjustment layer mask, paint over the face and hands so that it is not affected by the brightness correction.

Double click on the layer to open the blending options. Set up Blend If as shown below.

Create a new layer with Overlay blending mode. Use a small soft brush with 20% pressure to paint some highlights and shadows on the girl. Concentrate on the facial features. We want it to stand out and not be faded.

Now let's move on to the contrast and shading of the water. Create a Gradient Map adjustment layer: black and white gradient. Using a large soft brush, paint over the girl on the mask to preserve her colors.

Create a new layer in Soft Light mode and use a soft white brush to paint over the central part of the image. Then paint the edges of the image with black.

Step 3. Space

Insert an image of space into our document several times.

Using a soft brush, erase all the edges of the space layers to create an environment for the girl and immerse her in the cosmic river. Set the blend mode to Lighten for the space layers.

Merge all the space layers into one (Ctrl + E) and stretch the layer in Free Transform mode (Ctrl + T). Create a new layer in Screen mode. Using a large soft brush, add colors to the background: blue, orange, pink. Reduce opacity to 50%.

Create a Curves adjustment layer:

Fill the mask with black. Use a large soft brush to bring back the blue tones randomly.

Merge all space layers into a group (Ctrl + G). Add a mask to the group and erase the space from the girl's body and the part of the dress that should not be immersed in space.

Step 4: Finishing Touches

Create a new layer in Lighten mode. Add more color spots around the girl. Reduce the opacity to 20%. Duplicate the layer (Ctrl + J) and set the blending mode to Soft Light.

Goal: to show the possibilities of using waste material for making “Space Collages” postcards
Age: 5-12 years (I conducted MK for different age groups, some kids worked in pairs with their mothers)
Postcard theme: space

It is in winter that many purchases and gifts are packed in blue-blue paper. Example: thin sheets placed in a bag with a dryer and a set of bed linen. The colors are very cosmic! We cut out pieces of paper without text that we will use to make cards

And in glossy magazines on many pages there are backgrounds and dresses in corresponding colors: blue, light blue, black, silver. We cut it out too.

A set of paper for several postcards is already ready!

Tip 1.
For inspiration, children need to be shown real space photographs. There are a lot of them on the Internet; choosing the most interesting ones will not be difficult. Then invite the children to admire the works of famous cosmist artists:
- firstly, the works of Andrei Konstantinovich Sokolov (he was the first in the world to draw fantastic space paintings),
- secondly, the works of cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, who not only became the first person in the world to go into outer space, but also the first artist to draw space from life,
- thirdly, the works of Sergei Krainev, whose works are very popular and are widely represented on various sites.
Any search engine for these names will return a lot of interesting facts about the artists themselves and photographs of all their works.

Tip 2.
Then have the children create a rocket that they will each send into space. Here you can use both origami techniques and applique. I propose to fold the rocket.
To fold the rocket, prepare 4 squares: 1 with sides 10 cm, 3 with sides 2 cm.

Using all four squares, form a basic kite shape. To do this, bend each square diagonally and straighten it.

Then bend the two bottom sides to the intended diagonal.

We put three small workpieces aside and continue to work only with the largest workpiece.

Fold the bottom sides diagonally again.

The figurine is getting narrower

Then fold the top corner. (for preschoolers you can limit yourself to this stage and skip the next stage)

Bend the left and right upper corners of the figure so that the corners of the resulting figure become straight.
When we fold it out of thin cardboard, it doesn’t want to “lie” :)

Turn all four figures over to the other side.

Glue two small “kites” on the right and left to the bottom of the rocket, placing them under the rocket,

And the third is on top of the bottom of the rocket.
The rocket is ready! Add a couple of emoticons. These will be astronauts and passengers

Tip 3.
Since the lesson is dedicated to space, then the physical education session should be cosmic.
I came up with something like this:

We boarded the rockets together,
They quickly flew into space.
There are a lot of beauties around!
The earth in the distance became like a dot.

Went into space - weightless,
Everything is completely different from home!
We'll be back soon,
So that we don't get bored without friends! (Gaidaenko E.)

Text describing the exercises:

We quickly got into the rockets (children make movements with their hands, imitating running in place)
They flew into space together. (children raise their arms above their heads and join their palms to form a cone above their heads)
There are a lot of beauties around! (children spread their arms to the sides)
The earth in the distance has become like a dot. (children connect the index and thumb of each hand, and then join their hands together. Connecting four fingers (index and thumbs of the left and right hands shows how small the planet appears)

Went into space - weightless,
Everything is completely different from home! (While these two lines are being heard, children perform slow voluntary movements, imitating movement in zero gravity)
Let's come back quickly (children perform a circular movement with their left and right hands)
So that we don't get bored without friends! (children raise their index finger)

Tip 4.
Now invite the children to create the outer space that the astronauts and their rocket passengers saw during their imaginary space journey.

To do this, stick paper scraps of selected shades onto a cardboard base in random order.

Note: At this stage, elementary school students can give the scraps smooth curves, and older preschoolers use scraps with sharp corners; for younger preschoolers, a broken applique is suitable.
Of course, do not forget about safety precautions when working with scissors.

Applications and collages on a space theme can be made with children not only before Cosmonautics Day. Space adventures are something that interests children of different ages at different times of the year, regardless of when Gagarin visited space. Perhaps, after reading a book or watching a movie about space, your young creators will want to throw out their emotions, or maybe you want to make a postcard or birthday invitation in a space theme. Our ideas will help you!

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We are waiting for your space applications and collages. Share your tips and secrets!