Kindergarten blue paintings are drying on the art room floor.
Our Kindergarten artists have begun a unit of lessons that are designed to introduce them to painting with tempera paints in our art studio space. I encourage independence in set up and clean up procedures because we have so many artists creating at one time! So, these practical procedures are reinforced each week until they become second nature. Meanwhile, the students are introduced to the primary colors, one at a time. I encourgage them to paint lines, shapes, dots, pictures, and whatever makes their heart happy that day! For some artists, covering the entire surface of the paper makes them happy, and this is very developmentally appropriate for these young artists. In a few more weeks we begin mixing primary colors of paint to make secondary colors, and finally a whole rainbow of wonderful colors! Check back often to see what colors we have explored lately!