Extra- Blooming Beauties (finger painting project)

Our projects for the month of March are all Spring/Easter themed. This is an extra project. I got this idea from a picture on Pinterest.

Category: Spring/Easter

What you will need:

-green paper
-white, light pink, dark pink paint (tempera or acrylic)
-black marker
-newspaper (to spread out on the table underneath the project)

Time 45 minutes approx

Prep: Draw or trace a tree using the black marker on the green paper.

• Reviewed with the kids the Easter Colors we were using and the 3 parts of a shadow. There's a light tone, a middle tone, and a dark tone.
  
  
• We used 3 colors, to avoid mixing paints I assigned each different color to a different finger.
  
  Pointer finger: is White, the brightest part of a shadow in shading. There's also a song called "This Little Light of Mine." This is the bright light.
  Middle finger: is the Middle Tone.
  Ring finger: is the Dark Finger.
  
  While we didn't use shading in this piece, if you ever wanted to do a finger painting involving shading this would be a clear and easy method to teach to the kids until they are older.
  

• Finger painting the trees I let them have at it. I told them no straight lines and don't cover the hold page. Stay on or around the branches. Imagine you're painting a beautiful pink and puffy and round cloud. I showed them lots of pictures of trees in bloom so that they could see for themselves what they were trying to paint. Some of them went with Cherry Blossoms while others looked more like Apple Tree Blossoms. We did White, Light Pink, Dark Pink.
  
  
• Then all they had to do was sign their names!

Overall: Fun. Easy. Time will depend on the level your kids are at.

Related blog posts:

-Easter Colors
-Easter Lilies (out of Egg Cartons)
-Tri Toned Cube

(logging 1 1/2 hours for prep and execution)

Art Curriculum- Week 10- Pointillism

Week 10- Pointillism

The past lesson was on Fauvism. To view it click here.

Artistic Movement: Pointillism

What you will need:

-tempera/craft paint
-Q-tips
-Brushes
-paint pallettes
-wood letters (I got these 1.87 a piece at Michael's, there was a variety of other options and different prices. If you don't want to go and buy the wood you can print bubble letters on construction paper have them paint them in in the same manner they paint the wood.)

Time: 45+ minutes (only because the paint has to dry, but it still dried relatively quickly)

• Have each child pick one color. Apply the single color in a solid coat over the entirety of the letter.

• Next pick 2 colors other than their first coat. Each child gets a Q-tip. There are 2 tips, one tip for each color.

• Let them cover their letters with the dots in whatever pattern they wish.

• Once they're dry they're done!

Ideas that you can use these letters for:

-Christmas ornaments
-stick them on to doors/walls/boxes for ornamentation

Overall: A fun painting project. Easy to prep for. It's a nice break from normal painting on paper. It's 3D and you can do lots of fun things with it.

Related Posts:

-Week 8- Van Gogh's Fields
-Week 7- Monet's Bridge

(logging 1 1/2 hours for shopping, prep, and execution time)