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Paint brushes
Sponge spreaders
Rags bundled up and tied to
sticks
Small pieces of cut-up sponge
Fingers
Other objects useful for printing, splatter painting, stencils, etc.: large simple shells, leaves, spoons, forks, cardboard centres from sellotape rolls, wheels from broken toys.
Drip patterns
Equipment
3 paintbrushes or sticks
Large sheets of
paper
Newspaper (to protect the floor)
Thick paint in 3 colours
Method
1. The paper is placed on the floor and the child stands
above.
2. Allow a thick dollop of paint to drop onto the paper, and move the
brush through the air to create a pattern below.
String patterns
Equipment
Piece of thin string (30 - 50 cm long)
Paint in
shallow bowls
Paper
Method
1. Place the string into the bowl of paint.
2. Lay the string
on half the paper with a tail left outside.
3. The other half of the paper is
then folded over the string.
4. Pull the string with one hand while pressing
on the top of the paper with the other hand.
Roller-ball painting
Equipment
Thin paint or water ink (works better)
Clean,
empty, roll-top deodorant bottles
Paper
Method
1. Fill the deodorant bottles with ink or paint.
2. Roll a
picture or a pattern onto the paper.
Finger painting
Equipment
Finger paint (This can be made by adding powder
paint to cornflour paste - see modelling materials)
Large
trays
Paper
Fingers (!)
Method
1. Place one or several dollops of paint on a tray.
2. Move
the paint around inside the tray.
3. Wash hands!
4. Press a piece of paper
into the tray.
Reflections
Equipment
Paper
Paint and paintbrushes
Method
1. Fold the paper in half.
2. On one half of the paper, paint
splodges of colour.
3. Fold the second half over onto the right, and rub the
outside of the paper gently.
4. Unfold the paper.
Often, this can be cut out into a butterfly shape.
Splatter painting
Equipment
Paint
Paintbrushes
Paper
Objects with
interesting outlines (these can be old junk, or simple washable shapes)
Method
1. Place the object(s) on the paper.
2. Splatter paint (one
or several colours) around the object(s), creating outlines on the paper.
3.
Remove the objects from the paper when finished.
For a finer spray use toothbrushes:
1. Place the object(s) on the paper.
2. Dip the toothbrush
into the paint.
3. Drag a pencil over the top of the toothbrush, towards the
body, so that a spray of paint splatters around the object(s), creating outlines
on the paper.
For an even finer spray, rub the paint-filled toothbrush over the fine mesh of a sieve. (This works very well).
Stencils
Equipment
Objects around (or inside of) which you can paint
(eg biscuit cutters); or make your own stencils by cutting out shapes from a
card (use both the card and the shape cut out as stencils - see diagram on the
next page).
Paint
Paintbrushes
Paper
Method
1. Place the object on the paper.
2. Hold the object still
with one hand and paint around the stencil with the other hand, or paint inside
the stencil.
Bubble painting
Equipment
Tray with deep sides
Washing-up
liquid
Water
Paint
Paper
Drinking straws or bicycle pump
Method
1. Fill the tray one third full of water.
2. Add paint and
washing-up liquid, and mix well.
3. If children are able, use drinking straws
to create a mass of bubbles (the bicycle
pump may be necessary if children
have trouble making enough bubbles).
4. One child places her/his paper on top
of the bubbles, then gently lifts it off.
5. Be sure to create enough bubbles
before each child places her/his paper on top.
We found it easier for children if different colours are kept in different pots:
Powder paint (4 or 5 colours)
Pots (plastic water bottles
with the top half cut off work well, but be careful to ensure
that the edges
are not dangerously sharp)
Water
Washing-up liquid
Drinking straws
1. In each pot make a mixture of water, one colour of powder
paint, and washing-up liquid.
2. The child uses a drinking straw to blow into
each pot in turn, then places the paper over it - ending up with a circle of
bubble colours. Don't worry if the colours overlap.
Blow painting
Equipment
Paint
Paintbrushes
Drinking straws
Paper
Method
1. Place a dollop of paint on the paper.
2. Use the drinking
straw to blow the paint around in a pattern.
Lino painting
Equipment
Lino stencils (the teacher can cut these out of
lino flooring in advance; thin card can also be used, but is not as
hard-wearing)
Lino rollers (these can be bought from any art or educational
supply shop; if unavailable, use any smooth cylinder which can be rolled, eg a
glass bottle)
Shallow trays for paint
Paint and
paintbrushes
Newspaper
Paper
Method
1. Cover the table or floor with newspaper.
2. Cover one area
with a few extra sheets of newspaper to make a softer pad.
3. Place the lino
stencil on a piece of plain paper above the newspaper pad.
4. Put a little
paint on the tray, and roll the lino roller back and forth through it (evenly
coating the surface of the roller).
5. Roll the roller over the top of the
lino stencil as evenly as possible.
6. To repeat the pattern, carefully pick
up and re-position the stencil, then repeat the
procedure.
7. This
technique also works well on clean, stiff material (eg calico).
Group picture
a) Different children paint different parts of a picture onto
the same paper.
b) All the children paint a part of the picture which can be
cut out and stuck on a background.
Ideas
Tree for a class forest Fish or boats for a class sea Face for a
crowd Butterfly or bird to sit on a class tree Piece of clothing for a class
washingline Car for a busy road
Fruit for a market
stall
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