Kids Art
The evenings are drawing in and theres a definite chill in the air again as autumn approaches. We grab any opportunity to be outdoors but sometimes there's no alternative to indoor entertainment. Any of you who followed my Irishcraftworker blog will know how I love giving children the opportunity to use 'real' art materials (in moderation!). So heres what they created (aged 4 and 5) when let loose with my chalk pastels ...
... the colours are far more intense than when using kids crayons
... don't forget to read the packet first and make sure the materials you offer your kids access to are not toxic, and supervise their use, then watch their delight as new media open up more possibilities for their art ...
What vibrant and colourful artwork.
Sara from farmingfriends
Posted by: farmingfriends | September 21, 2007 at 03:54 PM
Wow, lovely! Pastels is a good idea... I'll try that next time. I'm a bit worried about the mess, though...
Amie (2) is addicted to her fat paint brush and big licks of bright acrylic. I'll post a picture of her painting (or spelling?) of Walden Pond soon.
Enjoy your indoors time!
Katrien
Posted by: Katrien | September 21, 2007 at 04:12 PM
Wish I could join you.
Posted by: zooms | September 22, 2007 at 01:21 AM
Real kids using real materials make real art :-)
Posted by: debra | September 23, 2007 at 02:57 AM
Wow. I'll pass that on to the creative director!
Posted by: hedgewizard | September 23, 2007 at 11:30 AM
Hey there! That is nice to see, especially because my kids also used MY chalk pastels today, we did it on the back verandah so the mess didn't matter but they ended up with colored dust all over their clothes, oh well, kept them busy and the drawings always look so colorful and cheery. You pig-banner is very cute, by the way.
Posted by: VictoriaE | September 24, 2007 at 06:13 AM
What terrific artwork. Isn't it great how children combine colours in a way that we adults would hesitate to do so?
Marie x
Posted by: Wild Rose | September 28, 2007 at 01:34 PM