Augustine Art @ Home, Splat Painting

Hi friends! This week's activity is a simple one, but I hope it will encourage you to use an extra dose of creativity. Start small and then work your way to more complicated techniques. It is likely that there will be a little bit of mess, but also a lot of fun!

Materials needed:

• Watercolor paint. Liquid watercolor is ideal, but pan watercolors will also work fine. If you are feeling adventurous, there is a link to a blog below which will show you how to make your own liquid watercolor with dried up markers.
• A straw
• Paper. Something that is a little thicker will work best, but anything is fine.
• A cup of water.
• Your favorite drawing and coloring tools.

I used this technique for making my own watercolor paint using dried up markers:

https://happyhooligans.ca/vibrant-homemade-liquid-watercolor-paint/

Here are my favorite liquid watercolors:
https://www.dickblick.com/products/blick-liquid-watercolors/

Here are my favorite pan watercolors for travel:

https://www.michaels.com/koh-i-noor---watercolor-wheel-stack-pack/D015756S.html


Would you send me some pictures of your finished projects?  Email me: lcatalano@augustineca.org

Here are some more resources to check out this week!

My former elementary school art teacher and mentor has created some fun lessons on her blog

http://www.elephantheart.net/teaching-corner

Thanks to my friend Melinda who pointed me to the 100 day project. We're a little past the start, but it's never too late to start creating!

https://www.the100dayproject.org/

The Arts Center in Troy, NY has posted some fun projects on their Facebook site, including this week's project, a thaumatrope.

https://www.facebook.com/TheArtsCenteroftheCapitalRegion/