I picked a fine time to start a blog...just before the holidays! Sorry I have had a slow start.
I thought I would share a project with you all that I thought was a great success with my kinder students. I usually draw tigers with the kids each year, but this time I decided to, in the words of that famous tv chef, ...kick it up a notch. Patty from Deep Space Sparkle advocates allowing kids to mix tempera paints directly on the paper rather than getting out water- this approach worked really well for the kindergarten students. The littles are usually more interested in watching the water turn color than actually applying paint to the paper anyway, so I loved her suggestion.
We painted the backgrounds with chubby brushes- two for each child (one for blue and white, and one for greens and yellow.) I only passed out plates with sky colors first and we divided the paper in half with a blue line, painting the area above as sky and the area below as tall grass. I have found that it works very well to have younger students double load the brush- we created some beautiful yellow-greens that way. The tigers were painted on a separate paper. We drew a tiger first, painted the orange, then the black. I had the kids outline the tigers and I actually cut them out, although you could have the kids do this step themselves. Finishing touches were painting the eyes, and adding some tropical flowers. I think the next time I do this we may sponge paint in some flowers. Have fun!
I thought I would share a project with you all that I thought was a great success with my kinder students. I usually draw tigers with the kids each year, but this time I decided to, in the words of that famous tv chef, ...kick it up a notch. Patty from Deep Space Sparkle advocates allowing kids to mix tempera paints directly on the paper rather than getting out water- this approach worked really well for the kindergarten students. The littles are usually more interested in watching the water turn color than actually applying paint to the paper anyway, so I loved her suggestion.
We painted the backgrounds with chubby brushes- two for each child (one for blue and white, and one for greens and yellow.) I only passed out plates with sky colors first and we divided the paper in half with a blue line, painting the area above as sky and the area below as tall grass. I have found that it works very well to have younger students double load the brush- we created some beautiful yellow-greens that way. The tigers were painted on a separate paper. We drew a tiger first, painted the orange, then the black. I had the kids outline the tigers and I actually cut them out, although you could have the kids do this step themselves. Finishing touches were painting the eyes, and adding some tropical flowers. I think the next time I do this we may sponge paint in some flowers. Have fun!
