Week 6: colouring

In Week 5, the children have learnt to blend colours of similar tones. The medium used were colour pencils and crayons. This pupil has successfully used yellow, light and dark green to mimic the appearance of grass in his drawing.

I use this example to discuss the good habits of colouring. Many pupils were quick to point out that number 1 is neater than number 2. When prompted further, they can tell me that:

1. the strokes (directions) are different in too many ways
2. lots of spaces (white) still waiting to be filled
3. number 2 is untidy
4. they would prefer number 1 if they were a teacher

The children used crayons and water colour this week. We started off with talking about protecting ourselves against the rain. The children were able to list the things we can use to prevent us from getting wet. That is to either use a raincoat or an umbrella. The term "waterproof" is introduced in the context.

Now, relate this story to their art supplies. The drawing paper is our clothes and the crayon is the raincoat/ umbrella. When we are using the crayon to draw on the paper, the area (in this case, I drew lines) became waterproof. That means the lines will not be wet. The rest of the area not covered by the crayon will be wet because it is not waterproof.

Children has to mix well when using their watercolour. Otherwise, they will be "painting with water" instead.

water colour, crayon and colour pencil

Water colour and crayon