School Paints: Free Painting Activities for teachers in the classroom

School paints that are designed for use with children can easily become contaminated with bacteria or mould, this also can lead to a very strong sickening odour. Some school paint I found for sale in a shop that was contaminated. The paint is seperated in the bottle. School Paint is very different to crayons and pencils as “all children’s liquid paint is an alive product” until it dries on your paper.   No matter what brand type or colour it will need some care to prolong its workable life. Just like canned food in the supermarket a preservative is added to a paint formulation to keep the paint in top condition.     As this type of paint often contains organic materials that can decay if not stored properly or if stored for a long period of time. School paints differ from house paint as it is used once for one project but using School Paints we are using the same paint day after day and again and again.    Extra care is needed to k...

Using and reading the Colour Wheel: Follow us on Pinterest , Facebook , Twitter , Goggle Plus and Flipboard .   The colour wheel is a great guide used to understand the theory of colour and of mixing colours that go well together. So how does it work? Find the 3 Primary Colours - Red, yellow and blue on the wheel.   Notice how they are evenly split around the wheel. Find the colour directly in between any two primary colours on the wheel. E xample: Find - Yellow & Red the colour in between is Orange. This colour (orange) is made my mixing two primaries either side.   The same can be done with the other primary colours R ed & Blue = Violet Yellow & Blue = Green Follow us on Pinterest , Facebook , Twitter , Goggle Plus and Flipboard .

LEVEL: Pre-school and early primary. This is a great out door nature inspired painting project.   It’s always good to get outdoors and let the children talk about all the colours that they can see around them in the trees, grass and in the sky.   Using these colours to create artworks is ideal for learning colour mixing, squeezing (fine motor skills) and natural colours.   It is simple quick and colourful fun. You can use a small spray bottle filled with water to create your own rain on a sunny day. You will need: : Tempera Powder Paints. : Kitchen sieve. : Old spoons. : A small spray bottle filled with clean water. : Paper - heavier construction paper or cardboard works best here. : Water tub or tray. : Paper towels for clean-up. Get outdoors with colour Let’s get started: You can do this in the rain; but we found it cleaner and easier to create your own rain with a small spray bottle filled with water. Layout your sheets of pape...

LEVEL: Pre-school and Primary. This is quick, colourful fun and easy.         Wonky Spider Webs [ Follow us on Facebook  and Pinterest  ] You will need: : Paper : Thicken Tempera Paint or a coloured PVA like 3D Craft Paint : Scraper or an anything plastic like an old plastic ruler. : Apron and a cover sheet or newspapers or paper towels. [ How to Thicken Tempera Paint ] Let’s get started: You can either outline with a pencil around a circular object to make a perfect circle or you can just do it by hand to make a wonky shape, like we did. It is easier to use a bottle with a nozzle cap for better control. We used a plastic ruler. Start from the outside and work inwards to keep the basic shape. Try not to use too many colours. When you have filled in the shape use a blunt straight edged object and drag from the inside to the outer edge.   We used a plastic ruler.   You will need t...

Subject Master: What to Paint By Ron Gribble So often I see people who are trying to learn how to paint and they choose to paint a portrait of their friend, son or daughter.   Often, it is their dog or cat that gets the treatment. I know that what one artist thinks is difficult, another will find easier, but I have never met one artist yet who has found the above subjects easy! Portrait of Norman Rockwell Painting the Soda Jerk Why are portraits so hard? Several reasons actually… 1.        Every one of us is an expert on the anatomy of humans and animals. We may not be able to recall and draw every detail, but if you get it slightly wrong even a young child knows there is something that doesn’t look right.   Eyes too small or one above the other, nose in the wrong place, relative to other details, mouth too big, not straight or ears in the wrong position.   A variation of a tiny fraction of a millimetre can m...

Funny face printing     Funny faces with school tempera paints LEVEL : Pre-School and Primary School. Make fun and funny faces with almost anything you can find.  A lot of fun and it gets the children’s creativity flowing.  You can use all sorts of objects to print from – Keys, forks, spoons, corks and buttons will work as well.  Check with an adult that you are allowed to use them before you cover them with paint.    You will need: : Objects for printing such as buttons, forks, pegs, cotton reels and plastic bottle tops. : White Paper : Tempera Paint – just a few colours. : Brushes : Paint trays or old plates for dipping the objects.   : Paper towels to use like blotting paper. : Apron and a cover sheet, newspapers or paper towels. Let’s get started: Before you start have some paper towels ready. Pour the tempera paint colours into shallow trays.   I found using a fork it makes interesting hair patterns.  1. ...

Circle Paintings with Kinders: School Paints: This great idea is from  Deep Space Sparkle  Blog  Circle Painting with tempera paints Line up twenty containers of colourful paint, add in fat brushes, cover two tables with white craft paper and you have the set-up for a perfect art day. For my last day with my Kinders, free-expression painting was the order of the day. The children filed into class, stood behind a paint colour they liked and listened to a very short list of instructions: •Make the first mark a circle •Ask your neighbour for permission to “build” on their circle •Switch colours by asking first •Paint whatever kinds of lines & patterns you like •Try not to paint over paint more than twice (this leads to very soggy craft paper) About Circle Painting I encourage you to try a one-class circle painting with any grade level. If you have a few extra minutes, I encourage you to introduce the circle concept via video. You can find videos on the Circle P...

Teachers Tips on ideas for making art in the classroom: Always try to use the best materials that you can lay your hands on for each art lesson. Safe non-toxic paints with bright colours will give much better results than cheaper watery colours. Paper weight also makes a huge difference on the outcome of a painting. Promote fearfulness. New techniques sometimes require more than one go at it.   Let the children know that they are trying a new technique today and play with it and get fun ideas. Then the next day you can do this again using the ideas learnt today. This will get a no fear creative flow going. Try to use thoughtful language when working with children.   For example.   “Tell me about what you are painting” works much better than saying “what is that you are painting?”    Supervision: This is not just about safety.   Children are much more creative when they feel emotionally attached to what they are trying to create. ...

School Paints v UV Glow Party Paints: All Blacks | New Zealand world champion rugby team It's the latest craze to throw paint at each other. Better still is the UV glow fluorescent paint colours.  In fact its been around for a while but now it's really catching on... Here is the 'All Blacks" (the New Zealand world champion rugby team) throwing around the local brand FAS's UV glow fluorescent paint. All Blacks | New Zealand Rugby team play with FAS | Super Tempera Paint UV glow fluorescent paint. If you utube "UV Glow Paint parties" you'll be surprized at what they are doing with school paints now. Share and enjoy Tony Parker www.schoolpaints.com www.FASpaints.com Follow us on Pinterest , Facebook , Twitter , Goggle Plus and Flipboard .  

Blown Dye Art Lesson: LEVEL: Pre-school and Primary. Working with dye is colourful and fun.  This is so easy too. This lesson is about blowing dye with a drinking straw . Blown Dye Art School Lesson You will need: : Paper : Food Dye or school art dye – primary colours are best – red, yellow and blue. : Straws : Apron and a cover sheet or newspapers – plus paper towels. Let’s get started: Set up a table for each group of children.   Each table should have two colours of dye only to start with as artworks can get messy quickly. Using just the straw in a controlled way pick up and lift a colour of the dye and let it drop on the the paper. Making a nice little puddle. Try not to put too much on the paper. Leave plenty of white space. When you have enough colour blow the dye all over the paper with the straw. If you are using more than one colour allow the colours to mix into one another. Later you can try using all three pri...