Salt (sand) Art

This project is the traditional sand art paintings with a twist.  first the kids coloured in the salt making containers full of each colour.

Them i allowed the kids to trace a picture of their choice.

now the fun begins! with a paint brush the kids 'paint' the glue one area(colour) at a time then pouring the salt on.

voila!

Waterpaint books camp 2011

the campers painted an A3 paper using water paints diluted applied with sponges.  the had a choice of either making patterns with the sponges on the page or brushing straight lines across.  when it dried we folded then in half, added A4 paper inside, punched holes and used wool to attach.









 And this one, Adina decided to leave as a full page and not fold in half

Salt dough projects -KidsArt camp 2011

Basic Salt Dough Recipe

Ingredients:

1 cup of fine salt

1 cup of flour

1/2 cup of water (may add more)
Instructions:

In a large bowl, combine the salt and the flour

Make a well in the salt/flour mixture and add the water

Knead until smooth and shape into a ball

When not in use, wrap in plastic or store in an airtight container

When finished shaping, bake in oven on 110C for a couple of hours.  You will know it is ready when it is hard to the touch. 
paint!

George Seurat (pointillism) 1859-1891

Seurat was a french artist that lived in the 1800's.  He was the inventor of a painting style called pointillism.  in pointillism the artist tries to present the picture not trough brush strokes, but rather by placing dots of pure colour close to each other.  Seen from a distance, the colours blend in the viewers eye creating a fuller range of tones.    Televisions and computer monitors use a similar technique to represent image colors using red, green and blue (RGB) colours.

Seurat's la parade de crique, showing the contrasting dots of paint used in pointillism.

pictures from class 7-12 year olds '08