We began our fall session with various forms of color mixing.
Some children started off with liquid water color, while others
started with tempera paint. They first experimented with the
primary colors, red, yellow, and blue to see what would happen
when they mixed two colors together. This project allowed the
returning children to interact in a new way with the paints,
while at the same time offered the new students a chance get to
know the materials through finger and texture painting. As the
children continued to experiment with the paints, they
discovered more tools and materials from the shelf to work with.
It was exciting to see the children move around the studio and
explore new places to paint! Towards the end of class, I brought
the children outside to learn about color mixing with powered
tempera paint. They each chose two of the primary colors to use,
scooped out some powdered paint onto their paper, then used
water to mix the colors together. We had a beautiful, warm week
for clean up and water pl