There is something so amazing about giving little kids a big paintbrush and a bunch of paint and just letting them go to town! What they come up with is so genuine, innovative, and just wonderful! They jump right in...imagine giving a room full of adults the same things- they wouldn't know what to do, or where to begin! :) For this day of painting I hand out palettes of red, pink, purple, black and white tempera, and had them choose paper from dark red, red, hot pink, light pink, purple, lavender, and magenta. They do not get water to rinse off their brush as they work- they can just wipe it off on their placemat if it gets too messy. I show them how to create tints and shades and teach them new names for colors, which they love (red + white= rose, red + black= maroon, purple + white = lavender, purple + black= plum, pink + white = bubblegum. and pink + black = raspberry) We will be using this painted paper to make another project, but I'm almost tempted not to!
Looks like it was fun! :-)
ReplyDeleteI know! Don't ya just love the patterns and colors! :)
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