Showing posts with label Ink painting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ink painting. Show all posts
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2/9/12
1st graders explore ink painting using varied brushes (Bergin)
In the art studio, children do a lot of exploration at the beginning of each unit. In this ink painting unit children begin with exploring various degrees of ink and various brushes. At the end of class children shared out various characteristics they noticed that was unique to this media. One child said that they saw that the level of black varied depending on how much water was used. Another child noticed that thinner marks can be made using 'detail' brushes. Another child noticed that a 'fuzzy' mark was made is he painted on pre-wet paper.
Explorations allow us to build experience with a media and learn certain things about a media. During the discussion times, children learn to label these findings and categorize them in ways that will be useful to them in the future.
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