Water Color Painting With “Spiderman Jr.”

Water Color Painting With

“Spiderman Jr.”

 When I set out a coloring paper for "Spiderman Jr." to try water coloring painting on I didn’t expect him to love it so much. When he went to look at the home school bookshelves like he normally does in the morning to see what could happen that day he exclaimed “I get to PAINT today!” Then I got lots of Mom I want to do home school now.  I told him we had to get his siblings off to school first. This explanation resulted in him trying to get them out the door really quickly.

So while was getting his siblings ready for school he decided that he was not going to wait anymore. It was taking forever. Since I had already put most of the supplies and tools needed on the tray he set it up by himself and proceeded to paint.

After I had gotten his siblings off to school I went to find where he had gone.  Sure enough he was at his desk and was just finishing his first painting.  It was wonderful; he had colored in the whole picture with paint.  Understanding that an image might look better if fully colored in is a fabulous stage to reach artistically.

He wanted to do another painting so this time I gave him instructions.  I pulled out an identical image of what he wanted to paint in.  I talked about how to get enough paint through adding enough water to the paints and the importance of cleaning out your brush when you want to change colors. I also explained how to clean the brush without ruining the brush, how to spread the color, and how to get a lighter color. We talked a lot about being gentle with the brush. We talked as I showed him what I was talking about as I did it and he would try to do what I was talking about as I was doing it.

         Spiderman Jr. while receiving instruction                             Mine

At the end I was so impressed with how well he listened and did his best to follow instructions. The next day when he wanted to water color paint again I was even more impressed with how much he remembered of how to paint with the water colors. The only thing I had to remind him about was to be gentle with the brush which is not that bad considering all the things we talked about and the questions he asked me.

 

      Spiderman Jr. while recieving istruction,                     Mine- far more boring

     I love the creativity of adding cannon holes

              and bombs exploding in the air

Side note, yes I know these are not fine art water color paints but everyone who gets into art usually has a medium that they try and then fall in love with using. He has tried coloring with crayons, markers, colored pencils and even some acrylic paint but watercolor painting he can’t seem to get enough of.

"Spiderman Jr."

Independent work

These experiences with water color painting with my son have been fun for the both of us. I don’t know if his interest in this will stay but it has been positive and I am grateful for that memory I can keep.

Material             Cost

Water color paints x2 2.00

Paper-already had    0.00

Water- from the tap  0.00

Total Cost

                     2.00