HOW TO TEACH YOUR CHILD
HOW TO PAINT
Teaching your child
to paint can be fun for both of you. With a few cheap and simple materials,
your child can begin to express themselves in living color!
Painting can be a
very effective means of representing ideas and feelings held deep inside. It is
important to keep instruction and direction to a minimum for this reason. Every
child will have his or her very own style, which should be honored and
encouraged.
Whether producing
refrigerator art or a masterpiece worth framing, your child will enjoy
experimenting with various techniques and mediums. By supplying a variety of
application tools and making different kinds of paint available, you will be
opening up a whole new world of possibilities for your youngster!
Children usually
paint with tempera paint, which is readily available and inexpensive, or with
watercolors. Finger paint is also fun and can produce some awesome effects.
Have a supply of
brushes of varying widths. Cotton swabs, toothbrushes, feathers, sponges, and
even cut fruits or vegetables can also be used to apply paint. Let your
imagination go!
What you paint on is
called the “support”. Regular watercolor paper is fine, but expensive. Card
stock, printer paper, paper plates and even fabric are suitable supports for
tempera and watercolor paint. Special finger painting paper can be purchased in
sheets or rolls and work best for that purpose.
You will also need
wide bottomed jars for water, newspaper to protect the surface you’re using to
paint on, a smock or old tee shirt, and an area to let finished work dry.
You’re ready to paint.
