Painting without paintbrushes?!? First and second grade artists used their breath through straws to create the tree brunches and fingerprints to create the cherry blossoms in these beautiful paintings based on Chinese scrolls. They used liquid watercolor paint for the branches and printed pink and red flowers with tempera using their fingers and cotton swabs.
This is the art blog for Fayston Elementary School, located in the Mad River Valley in Central Vermont. This blog is updated frequently to showcase the artwork of Fayston's students and celebrate all things creative!
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Showing posts with label Chinese brush painting. Show all posts
Friday, February 7, 2014
Monday, February 3, 2014
Chinese New Year in the art room
Kindergarten and first and second grade artists learned about Chinese New Year and some of the traditions surrounding this celebration, including displaying plum and cherry blossoms, lanterns and the color red.

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