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The materials for our Jackson Pollock kickstarter project arrived in a huge truck today!! The palette weighed over three hundred pounds. Luckily the delivery man rolled it right into the garage! I could hardly wait for the Baila to get home so we could test out the paints and the canvas. Baila was really excited […] Today we completed our second to last project in our abstract expressionism unit! We created paintings using enamel paint floating on water. This technique creates an amazing marbleized pattern that had the kids gasping in delight! Each child created a unique print and we were all thrilled to see the finished prints!
YS […] I’ve been working on creating lessons for my kids and for my preschool students based on famous artists. We have studied concentric and aligned circles in class recently and I came across this painting by Kandinsky: Baila and I made a small painting with acrylics and it was fun to work on together! I decided […] Ever since I found the recipe for DIY watercolor paint, I have been making them alot! We’ve gone through the first three trays and the results are really nice! Here are the next three trays ready for painting tomorrow: Today we tried an interesting form of sculpture using plaster of paris and latex balloons. This project was fairly easy, not too messy, and really great for sensory seekers!
First we mixed the plaster in a cup and the transferred it to a disposable squeeze bottle: Next, we placed the balloon over the opening to […] Today the kids and I tried a new art technique that I spotted on you tube called pour painting or tall painting. I prepared a small plastic tray with a wooden prism screwed into it. We placed the tray on top of some paper and gathered all of our old acrylic paints to pour onto […] |
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