Paint With Expression!
Painting is a great way to communicate how you feel. Express yourself with colors and free-form designs that match your mood!
1. Look at famous works of art that seem to convey different moods. Compare the works of Jackson Pollock, Barbara Hepworth, and Romare Beardon, for example. Discuss the feelings their creations seem to express, such as happiness, frustration, calmness, or sadness. How can colors, brush strokes, textures, lines, and images affect our emotions? Talk about how people express their feelings through art. Choose one strong emotion to portray in a painting.
2. Cover your art area with newspaper. On a paper plate or other palette, combine Crayola Washable Tempera with your choice of a Crayola Tempera Mixing Medium: Glitter It!, Pearl It!, or Texture It! Lightly mix the two with a brush. Invent your own colors and effects.
3. Start painting! Make lines, squiggles, dots, or dashes. Create waves, zigzags, or swirls to express your emotions. What does happy look like? How do different colors express your feelings?
4. Step back and look at your creation. What feeling does your picture express? Air-dry your painting before you display it. What emotions do you think other children were expressing in their work? What characteristics of each painting led them to make their comments?
Adult supervision is required for any arts & crafts project. Observe children closely and intervene as necessary to prevent potential safety problems and ensure appropriate use of arts and crafts materials. Some craft items, particularly beads and buttons, are potential choking hazards for young children. Avoid use of such small parts with children younger than 3 years. Craft items such as scissors, push pins and chenille sticks may have sharp points or edges. Avoid use of materials with sharp points by children younger than 4 years. Read all manufacturers' safety warnings before using arts and craft supplies.
Crayola Washable Paints—Not for use as body/face paint.
- Having trouble getting started? Play music and paint to the rhythm. Move your brush to the beat. Try different types of music to see the varied results.
- Choose one emotion that all of you paint. Compare and contrast the results. Celebrate how unique each person’s approach to art is!
- Talk about the use of color. What color seems to you to be "tired"? What does tired look like? How is this different than scared? Discuss the differences of colors, lines, textures, and effects.
- Write a poem that uses words to express the emotions in your painting.
- Assessment. Observe students during the activity. Look for their application of painting techniques and engagement in the process. Ask students to describe their painted feelings. What effects did they choose to represent those feelings?
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