YD painted with bamboo branches and black watercolor on paper or mixed purple and white together to see what happened. Hands were sometimes dipped in the paint as were brushes.
I went to the Young 2's also. They each brought such magic to their corner of the collage. Some even saw how a print could be made with an extra sheet of paper. Bubbly water used to rinse their brushes delighted them and kept them very happy and enthusiastic.
The older twos came to the Studio and worked on a large collage using warm colors (red,yellow and orange) burlap,tiny pine cones,glue and cardboard shapes. They also printed small circles with corks. The cardboard pieces were glued and stacked as desired. They loved playing with the light table for a few minutes at the end of our time together.
The Threes worked with an individual board, oil pastel, watercolor and watercolor pencil as their tools. As they drew, they saw their lines show through the watercolor. Each child was happy with the results of their effort. Some of them tried their hand at the tape dispenser. All of them walked their pieces to the drying rack and place it on all by themselves. I wanted to let them do as much on their own as possible. This will give them more independence in the studio as they visit each time.
Kindergarten also toured the room and learned about line. They went further by actually drawing curved(squiggly) , circular and straight lines. They pieced together each line choosing what they wanted to draw. They came up with simple yet sophisticated line renderings. We talked about the picture being abstract if they did not want to draw"something". This helped the artists focus on just lines alone.
I look forward to another exciting week with all of the children. I will post each week on this blog. If you ever have any questions , please feel free to stop by the room and ask. Preferably in the morning , as there is no time to talk while the artists are working.
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