Pouring Paint Art - Favorite Friday

Abstract Art by Miss E

Each Friday I am sharing a post from another blog that inspired me to try something new with Miss E.  This Friday's Favorite is from Dilly-Dali Art.  She has a series called "Inspired" where she and her girls create art inspired by a professional artist.  I had to give the abstract painting inspired by Helen Frankenthaler a try.  Dilly-Dali has an informative link to a You Tube video that clearly shows the process of Frankenthaler creating art.  We varied our technique a bit to accommodate for the materials we already had in our home.

Materials





-large piece of cardboard
-watered down tempera paint put in containers
-various sponges, brushes, and kitchen utensils

Directions
-Place cardboard in a space where it is okay to create a mess.  We did this in our backyard.
-Encourage your child to pour the paint onto the cardboard.




-Suggest to your child to use the tools provided to move the paint around on the paper.





-Continue to support your child's interest in pouring and manipulating the paint.  Miss E was more interested in pouring than the tools.  It isn't every day she gets a chance to spill paint!  I encouraged her to move around the paper to pour the paint.  It was a challenge for her to understand that she could move around the painting since she has become accustomed to producing art from one side.  I liked that this form of painting encouraged a different practice and allowed her to see that painting could be done differently.
-Dialogue about how the painting is changing.













The painting at the top of this post is Miss E's completed abstract art.  It's a good thing I saved some cardboard because she is already talking about her next pour painting art piece.

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