Sunday, November 8, 2015

Enjoying new art techniques


The students have really been enjoying trying new art techniques and love to explore different ways to get results as they work. On Friday, we set out some pipettes, liquid watercolours, and coffee filters. We noticed lots of things. It felt strange and counter-intuitive for some to let go of the pipette while it was still in the liquid. The colours sometimes travelled up the surface of the filters as they absorbed. The colours mixed and then mixed again. So many discoveries, and so much to discuss!
Everyone seemed to be taking some time to watch what those around them were experiencing...
 And also concentrating hard on their own work...

It was so much fun to watch others working, it almost felt easy to wait for a turn! Almost...















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