To conclude our liquid watercolor exploration I presented the Friday Group with tin paint palettes filled with either warm or cool colors. The paint palettes offer smaller amounts of paint the the small wells so I offered small paint brushes as well. I also left two of the palette wells empty. The presentation of the paint in the palettes gave the children an opportunity to mix new colors in a more confined area. The small brushes allow for more precise marks and in order to make the marks one has to utilize the brush more as a tool because you have to continually re-dip it in the paint. Kaia and Sebastien begin their exploration in this manner.
Very quickly the painting turned into dumping. Once the dumping began, it was contagious, everyone tried it at least once. For every time I refilled the palettes the children would return to the table to once again dump out the paint. Even when the palette was already empty of paint the children would still test to see if anymore would pour out. The brushes did come in handy to help wipe out any remaining paint.
Watching the wells full watercolor run into puddles on the paper presented the perfect opportunity for the children to experiment with using their hands to move and splash the paint on the paper. Immediately after the watercolor was on the paper Kaia and Sebastien began their "finger" painting exploration.
Bryce found all the bright colors very appetizing!
Hannah, Max, and Bryce spent more time exploring the paint with the brushes than Kaia and Sebastien. Popular movements with the brushes included dipping the brush and then painting and pushing the spilt paint with the brush.
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