Friday, September 9, 2011

Adjusting to my space (temporarily)



Family Portrait was the topic.  Wide variety of ability at this point.
So if you follow my blog, you know that I am in a temporary room while the construction is completed on my art room.  I'm trying not to complain, because good is coming from this temporary insanity, but today, I realized just how much I'm used to my routine in the past.  I have unpacked just enough boxes to see me through a few weeks.  MNPS curriculum dictates that the Kindergarten students must experiment with paint during this particular time frame.  I thought, since I'm a tad limited, I'd start with watercolor.  Pulled open the cabinet today, to discover that I've lost my water cups in a box somewhere, along with my watercolor boxes.  What I had was refills.  So, thinking fast I scrounged up 12 bowls for water, and I put the refills out on plates.  Not a bad discovery... The drips have a place to land, the paintbrushes have a home, and aside from not really having counter space to stack them on, it ended up working really well.  Who knows, out of this uncomfortable time in my teaching, I may find some innovative new material distribution systems. 

2 comments:

Mrs. Forney said...

I think that I like the idea of leaving the watercolor paints out of the box. Right now, all of my boxes are breaking easily. But that's probably because I used to only order Crayola watercolors. Now I have some generic brand....

Mrs. Fritz said...

I don't like crayola as much, because their colors have air bubbles, but I do like Sargent, and Prang. Just my opinion. I am thinking of ditching the boxes too-they get paint in the hinges, and then they stick.