Our third Caring Creatives class decided to visit the 'duck pond' at Mountain Lake park.
Together we filled the wagon with art materials like a roll of drawing paper, charcoal, graphite, oil pastels, kneaded erasers, and empty bags for any treasures that found us along our way.
Together we filled the wagon with art materials like a roll of drawing paper, charcoal, graphite, oil pastels, kneaded erasers, and empty bags for any treasures that found us along our way.
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| Ducks! |
We played with and explored the myriad of ways to create images with natural objects.
Rubbing pinecones, stamping eucalyptus pods, printing with assorted leaves, the children actively engaged in curiosity-inspired play!
A most intriguing experiment was painting with the pine needles + water + charcoal.
A splattered periphery enclosed sharp straight lines when quickly touching the needles to paper.
A splattered periphery enclosed sharp straight lines when quickly touching the needles to paper.
What about painting with other leaves?
We try this too, of course.
Cedar greens work well when stamped with the water + charcoal solution.
How about painting with flowers?
Could we create pigment from rubbing vibrant petals against the paper?
Answer: YES!
Adding a little water, the artists experienced happy satisfaction as the pigment spread easily along the paper's surface.
"Its like watercolors!" the children exclaimed.
After engaging in art activities the girls played on the nearby slide, visited with the ducks once more, then helped pack up the wagon, and we headed on home.
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| Duck! |
Join us next Friday for another exciting Art + Nature adventure with sisters and Caring Creatives, Katherine and Caroline Coleman.
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