The New Year brought new paint boxes full of colors for second and third graders to “play” with. They listed all of the things we would need in order to paint and found that there were at least six items that needed to be passed out and collected. Then they understood why some teachers thought that painting should be called pain-ting.
The Discovery second and third graders listened and watched as techniques for using the water colors were demonstrated and discussed. They learned about how to use and care for brushes, how to “load” the brush with color, how to keep colors from mixing and getting “dirty”. They learned to use blotting paper and practice paper to “test” their colors. After all that listening and watching they were ready to start their first painting experiment.
The goal was to practice making brush strokes and to experiment with colors. They made nice wide brush strokes across their paper. They made wavy brushstrokes, thick and thin brush strokes and overlapping brushstrokes. They used all fourteen colors in their paint boxes.
The room was quiet while they concentrated and then there were exciting sounds of discovery and sharing. They learned a lot. They made some very nice stripe paintings and because they listened and followed all the directions they set up and cleaned up painlessly!
There was no PAIN in our painting! I think we will do it again.
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