Sep 2, 2009

Dabbling with water colours...

Isn't it fun to pick up a paint brush and a box of water colours a jar of water and see your child pour his/her creative juices on paper. When letting your toddler enjoy watercolours, remember that 'Play' should be the keyword.


Let the flow of the brush, the dabbling of paint and water take its course on paper. Once they are done, you can pose a question, "I wonder what this looks like?"

These are some of the paintings that my two and half year old daughter created with her dad's participation over a period of two weekends and also the original titles of the paintings as she thought it depicted.


Title: A House in the Clouds


Title: The hiding sun


Title: A rose





Title: The Green Jungle






Title: 'Ellie' - The Elephant


Some of these paintings have been slightly modified to give it some shape to make it more meaningful for her. She is beginning to understand how a blend of colours can bring out a beautiful picture.


It is important to encourage them to enjoy the watercolours and 'discover' what they made instead of teaching them various techniques of handling the colours.

5 comments:

Merryn said...

Nice Ellie the elephant there! :)

MeRy said...

Creative artpiece!!

Jess said...

very creative!!!

Unknown said...

Ruhani's paintings are lovely. Look at the passion with which she is engrossed in painting. I loved the green one and also ellie- the elephant. Waiting for more....

Neelum said...

Hi there, just thought of sharing this info with you, since I know ur in KL.
Should you go to this place do let me know...


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