Showing posts with label Chinese brush painting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chinese brush painting. Show all posts

Friday, February 7, 2014

Cherry blossoms paintings for Chinese New Year


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.

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.