I am starting a lot of sentences with "I saw this thing on Pinterest" lately. Well, in this case, I remembered I saw it, and I'm pretty sure it was on Pinterest, but I did not pin it (I was sure I had). The center of the flower is stamped with a cheapo net bath "Pouf" which can be found at Wal-Mart 2/$1.00. Then, we used Tempera Cakes to paint the rest of the details- the flower/stem, etc. I had plates set up with some yellow and some orange, that naturally mixed when the kids stamped. I am trying out the Tempera Cakes this year- other art teachers rave. I am not so sure- they seem like watercolors. Any thoughts on helping the kids achieve brighter colors? That aside- I think these are pretty springy, and a nice attempt by my kids at a project that none of us had ever tried before. Some may even make their way into the art show.
These came out really nice! I agree about tempera cakes. They do seem almost like watercolor. i had used them about 15 years ago and stopped because i thought the colors were blah. I keep reading how everyone loves them? Did they change or are the colors still blah? I was thinking of re-trying them next year but then again...
ReplyDeleteThe colors would seem to be great- and today's class used them better, but I still think I get more intense lively colors from the bottles. My 3rd graders dipped sponges on them today, and that worked nicely.
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