Art
Yesterday, the girls had a day off from school and wanted to spend the entire day outside. To coerce them into coming back inside (I desperately needed to do laundry), I offered a painting project. I usually give them a canvas and let them have at it. Today, I decided to put my “teacher skills” to work and I gave them a specific assignment. At one point, Mary Clare told me I was “acting like Ms. Chure!”
First, we had to find inspiration. I asked the girls to gather a few fallen leaves.
Being the water creatures that they are, they headed straight to the dock, gathering all sorts of lily pads.
Which to my surprise, were also changing colors.
Our little creek house
After a little walk around our house, we had all the leaves we needed.
Mary Clare’s finished painting with her inspiration
McCanless’s finished painting and inspiration
I was quite pleased with both of their work, given that I only asked them to use the leaf as a starting point. I didn’t help at all with either one of their paintings. I guess they are both at a very literal stage of development and chose to draw and paint their exact leaf. Still, I think they both did pretty well with their drawings and colors. Love my little artists!
3 Comments
sbanks on October 22nd, 2011
Do you have a spatter box?? (or is it splatter) Great way to use leaves, etc. to make an art project. Spatter box uses a screen and then the artists
use toothbrushes to spatter paint onto the leaves, etc that are above the screen. One of the best K5, etc. art projects ever!!!
Judy Brown on October 22nd, 2011
I did that when I was a little girl. I loved it. I had forgotten all about spatter painting. Thanks for bringing back some fond memories! Kerri, you have some very talented daughters. Their interests are so diverse – wonderful atributes! Thanks to them (and Mel), you will never be bored – frustrated sometimes maybe, but never bored. You are a great Mom!
Terri Woodham on October 22nd, 2011
Loved the fall paintings-I need a new painting or two in my house! Love you