I love using different materials for painting. Kitchen paper towels are great for mixing colours and watching it spread over the patterns. So one lovely warm afternoon, I thought it would be fun to paint on the balcony. We headed out with kitchen roll, watered down paint, some brushes and a few other items to play with. I was looking forward to watching some abstract art develop, but the art was not what I had expected.
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Our Equipment |
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Paint Mixed with Water |
For a change of angle, I hung the paper squares from a piece of string tied between two chairs. Glass jars held the paint and we had extra pots around for mixing.
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Hanging Paper Towels |
I was pleased with the arrangement and looking forward to seeing what B would do and the art he would produce.
He loved the colours in glass pots and having more pots to pour into. I had also put a large bucket of water outside so he made more and more and more (mess!).
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Pouring |
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Poking |
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Splashing |
He went on and on and on. Pouring, splashing, mixing all the paints into different tubs. But what about the paper? My wonderful hanging arrangement was being ignored! I really wanted him to try splashing the paint onto the paper, or flicking it, or dripping it, anything.
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More mixing |
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More colours |
However, he was having so much fun, I didn’t want to interrupt him. I hate to break his concentration.
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Concentrating on pouring carefully |
After a while I splashed a little paint on the paper myself. "Look at this," I said. He said, “hmm” and carried on with what he was doing. So I left him to it. The cars got involved as usual. And everything ended up in the bucket at some point.
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Paper Towels Empty of Art |
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Mixed Colours on the Floor |
So even though it wasn’t the painting activity I had envisioned, he enjoyed a long afternoon playing with water and created some interesting patterns on the floor. I was disappointed that he didn't share my enthusiasm about the hanging paper, but he did:
- Mix colours over and over to discover more colours
- Pour liquid carefully, and sometimes not so carefully, into different pots
- Step over and around things as he moved around the area
- Explore the fundamentals of volume as he tipped paint from one pot to another
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