watery painting

By Pauline On October 20, 2011 · 8 Comments

I found a new use for my Jamie Oliver Flavour Shaker.

It does a fantastic job of mixing paint. I used it to create watery acrylic paint.

We had watery acrylic paint, paint brushes and spray bottles filled with water.
We were ready for some watery painting.

While E discovered the wonders of watery paint in a non-spill cup (brilliant inventions),

we sprayed our paper with water.

We are going to use our watery painting as the background for another art project.
We painted blue for sunny skies.

Green for grass.

We dabbed blotches of yellow and pink to help blend the horizon.

N & M’s watery paint background looked fantastic – then I stuffed it up. I took it outside to dry, but instead of placing it flat to dry, I hung it vertically (because it was so wet and I’m impatient). Of course, the paint dripped down and the lovely watery blotches were lost. Sorry N & M!

Lesson Learnt: Art can’t be rushed. Hang wet paintings flat and be patient.

Stay tuned to see the next part of this art project. Hopefully I won’t stuff things up again.

N&M: 3 years, 4 months
E: 15 months

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Pauline LessonsLearntJournal is all about life with kids. On Lessons Learnt Journal you'll find activities for children: play, maths games, handwriting, reading as well as parenting confessions. Pauline is a Christian, Wife, Mother of 4, Primary School Teacher. When not blogging, she may be found virtually hoarding on Pinterest, trying to decide which Instagram filter to apply, or compulsively refreshing her Facebook feed. Most days you'll find her chasing her kids and that much needed nap.

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8 Responses to watery painting

Beth says:

October 21, 2011 at 12:25 am

Fun. My kids LOVE to paint too!! Thanks for linking up to Living Life Intentionally Linky Party =-)

- Pauline says:
  
  October 21, 2011 at 12:45 pm
  
  It’s a pleasure being part of the LLI linky party. Thanks for hosting Beth.
  
Little Wonders' Days says:

October 22, 2011 at 1:45 pm

This is such a great idea and a fun way to paint. So glad you shared!

- Pauline says:
  
  October 22, 2011 at 9:33 pm
  
  Thanks for visiting and glad to share
  
Kristie says:

October 23, 2011 at 4:13 am

Very cute idea. I would have never thought to water down acrylic paint and spray the paper. I’ll be looking forward to seeing what you do next with these works of art . I’m visiting here from LLI.

Carolyn says:

October 31, 2011 at 3:42 pm

What a fun day for you all! Kids just LOVE to paint!

Jo-anne says:

November 10, 2011 at 7:00 pm

Hey Pauline,
Loving the crafts
Where did you get the non-spill cups from? Did they come with the paint brushes? I’m thinking I need some to try to minimise the diaster zone!

- Pauline says:
  
  November 10, 2011 at 8:55 pm
  
  Hi Jo-anne,
  
  I bought the non-spill cups from educational experience. From memory they didn’t come with paint brushes. I’ve seen non-spill cups from art and craft shops like Eckersley’s and Riot too.