Summer Zoom Painting- Rainbow Lollipop recap

Good Friday afternoon!

I hope if you joined us today you enjoyed it; and if you did not that you had a wonderful day. 

Small skill start-

We started with a very brief explanation of what watercolor is and how the word “water” in it is very important. If you don’t use enough, your paint won’t spread or mix properly. 

So, if you are having trouble, use more water. 

Painting together-

Today, we painted rainbow lollipops. Here are Jeremiah’s and mine. If you want to follow along again or you missed and you want to try on your own, click the link  

Afterwards, I shared a verse you and your kids are welcome to use to letter over their painting or just to meditate on how even in our painting we can glorify God. Today’s verse is Psalm 119:103 How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth. 

Obviously, I revised it a little (and then spelled lollipop wrong. Oh well).

At home practice-

For at least the first four weeks, I will have an optional activity for you to do at home. I know paper is expensive and time is often short, so I will not announce it in the Zoom meeting. It’s only for you as the grownup to decide if you want to implement it. It will be to hone a skill that will help their art in the future. 

Today’s suggestion is one color painting. Have your student make a drawing with several small spaces to fill in (I used water. They could do a flower bouquet, a pile of rocks, a repeating pattern, just so it has lots of small spaces). Have them choose ONE COLOR to use for the whole painting. No white, no black, only the paint and water. This will really help them start to understand how the paint and water work together to make many different shades(values) and learn some vital techniques very early. 

I hope you and your students enjoyed today. I appreciate being able to share some time with you all. Will post next week’s project on Thursday!