I so love the internet. I could sit and read blogs for hours, learning and soaking up all kinds of fun art projects and techniques that I have yet to try! If you haven’t visited this guy yet, go now. He’s great. From tips to techniques, art projects…and he seems like a super fun guy…there is lots of inspiration on that blog!
So speaking of inspiration, I saw (on his blog) a snowflake lesson. It involved black oil pastel and watercolor paints. I did this with my first and second graders. We talked about symmetry and snowflake patterns. I showed them how to prep their paints and they sang the ever popular watercolor paint song…
“dance in the paint, don’t dig in the paint”…
it’s much cuter when they’re singing. And they came up with some really fun designs and color patterns!
Some went heavy handed on the color, others chose a watered down look. And the salt…boy did they love the salt!
Check out the eyeball design on the yellow one above…these little people are so creative!
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