Instead, they are just interested in exploring the elements of art such as color, shape, line, and texture in themselves. For most parts of the painting, there are areas of orange and yellow that were put on first. They should begin to recognize that the red-orange and yellow patches of color are really showing through in all the places where the little blue brush strokes did not meet. Ask whether they can look less closely now, and with slightly dreamy eyes, also see the whole painting as a particular kind of feeling that suggests other things , such as stars in the night sky, sunset colors in the evening, or reflections on the surface of a pond of water. Ask whether any other scenes suggest themselves to the children and what they are.
Activity Pass out the paper, crayons, and the single-color wash for each child.
Tell the children that they are going to create some colorful designs using colors. Have them make designs on the paper without any thought to particular objects, just the design, using as many colors as they wish. When they have finished their designs, tell them to look carefully at the designs and hold them up so that you and all the children can see one another's designs. Next, tell them to apply a wash, or thin covering of paint with their paintbrushes. Have them look again at their designs to see how they have changed and whether the colors look different with the addition of the wash.