As a follow up to our experimentation with wax crayons in primary colours (red, blue, and yellow), where we made the intermediate colours (orange, purple, and green), we had fun last Friday working with Solucryl acrylic paint and water.
We began by working on regular bond paper to get used to using this media. Most of the students had previous experience with tempera paint but this paint has a different texture and maneuverability than regular paints.
I then gave them each a sheet of 140 lb. water colour paper to work with. Their instructions were that they needed to: 1) only use the three primary colours given to them 2) create an abstract (not realistic) picture 3) cover the entire paper (no white showing) and 4) have all six colours represented in their finished work.
Most students managed to complete their artwork with all four criteria covered. Come and check out the bulletin boards outside of our classroom. I think they look great!
