One school friend expressed an interest in being an illustrator when she grew up, so we have explored a few different art techniques outside of the normal paint and brush variety!
One school day we had different kinds of vehicles (police car, ice cream truck, and a taxi) in paint, The children "drove" through the paint and then observed the parallel lines that the tires made on their canvases.
The Art Area is always open for any kinds of art that children want to make. On this particular day, they had created an obstacle course and wanted to have gold medals for finishing. Ms. Harmony suggested that they make medals in the Art Area.
Friend "B" loves to make creations in the Art Area that feature her favorite color blue and that show off her snazzy cutting skills!
Today we talked about the idea that an artist or an illustrator doesn't have to make fantastic amazing drawings to be "good." What makes an artist amazing is having creativity. We used materials in a new way by combing paint.
Following the inspiration of Henre Tullet in his book Press Here, we used just dots on the art easel.
After reading the book, the kids agreed that the dots were great art and were excited to do it themselves at the art easel during Work Time.
