Watercolor Resist with Shapes!
Young artists explore a city, looking for shapes, and make a watercolor resist with shapes they find at home!
Description: Young artists explore a city, looking for shapes and make a watercolor resist with shapes they find at home!
Artwork: Victor Vasarely (French, born in Hungary, 1908–1997), Sikra-MC, 1968, screenprint on paper. Gift of Mrs. Theodore Spector, 1974.104
Materials Needed
1) watercolor or multi-media paper
2) paintbrush
3) primary watercolors: red, blue, and yellow
4) water in container for rinsing brush
5) crayons
6) miscellaneous basic shape items for tracing
Project Skills
1) Fine / Gross Motor
a) tracing
b) painting
2) Language Development
a) expressive: speaking
b) receptive: listening
c) discussing
3) Mathematical
a) shape identification
4) 21st-Century
a) critical thinking
b) creativity