Make your Painting POP (1st - 2nd grade)

 Take your painting to the next level.  Stretch your art with the following materials.  Give your painting a little EXTRA!

Glitter Paint
Glitter paint is a great accent paint.  It adds sparkle and shimmer to your work.  Perfect for highlights and emphasis.

Check out this painting by 5th grade artist Amelia.  She used traditional tempera paint first and then added glitter paint as the final layer.  *Mixing glitter paint into tempera will cover the sparkle :(  

Kwik Stiks
If you like to draw and paint, give Kwik Stix a try.  Kwik Stix are soft paint sticks that dry quickly, 90 seconds!

This is a great paint tool with the quality of drawing but covers like paint.  Think of it like using detail markers or a detail brush.  You are making marks and lines.  

Try starting out with a sharpie drawing and filling in with color.

Kwik Stix give you control of the paint.

 Try using the Kwik Stix to add texture and interest in your art. What did this artist use to create the water in this seascape?

 If you are looking to paint a large area like a sky, ocean or field of grass, use liquid tempera in the egg cartons or watercolor paint and wide brush, not Kwik Stix. 

Another artwork outlined with sharpie and 'painted' with Kwik Stix.  Use paint and a brush or construction paper for a solid background.

*Use soft to medium Pressure.  Students who do not care for the Kwik Stix and push down hard with the Kwik Stix will end their option to use this material.   


Watercolor Techniques:


Crayon or Oil Pastel Resist

tape resist

Sharpie Drawing

 *Visit the drawing studio and create a drawing in pencil.  Outline in Sharpie.

Dry Brush

Wet on Wet

How will watercolor help you best express your idea?

Image source:
*https://elementaryartfun.blogspot.com/2015/04/april-showers-and-jellyfish-watercolor.html
*http://elementaryartfun.blogspot.com/2009/11/watercolor-insects.html
https://www.adventure-in-a-box.com/painting-space-watercolours-kids/
https://artfulparent.com/kids-handmade-gift-idea/
*https://www.kindergartenkiosk.com/kindergartenkiosk/3/7/amazing-paint-sticks-great-for-young-children
*http://www.astablebeginning.com/2017/05/mess-free-creativity-with-new-thin-stix.html
*https://www.byebyebrickandmortar.com/box-art-thin-stix/
*https://www.deepspacesparkle.com/all-about-liquid-watercolor-paints/
*https://kinderart.com/art-lessons/painting/rowhousesdrawingandpainting/