Pears again??!! Actually they are the
perfect subject for 3-D value studies, hence their prominence in still
life painting. But this week we turned on the color! The kids each
received dollops of Red, Yellow and Blue acrylic paint then mixed them
together to form secondary and tertiary colors (remember back to the
first of the year and the color wheel?). They were challenged to paint
a 'Hot' pear remembering that there are 'warmer' greens and
purples and 'cooler' yellows and reds.
We learned that a dry
brush was important to maintain the intensity and thickness of the
paint, but that it was all too easy to blend the colors too much so
that they lost their individually and become brown. We saw that acrylics are great for building up color, so brush strokes were encouraged as was the overlay of colors. Best of all, however, is that we found out how much we could paint with just Red, Yellow and Blue.
Something to try at home, ask your child to show you
how to paint one of the items in your fruit bowl!
