papershine

How to make your own Roller Painting: Spread out a large sheet of paper on a table or floor. Banner bond paper works well and can be found at your big box office stores as well as local art supply stores. Tape the paper down so it can’t move around. If you’re going to do it on the floor, choose a low traffic area so it doesn’t get stomped on while the paint is drying. What a mess…

Put your paint in low, open containers, like styrofoam trays. Kristin and Abe used poster paints, sometimes called tempera. Whatever you use, make sure it’s washable! Different sized rollers create varying sized lines. Wrap masking tape around a roller to create stripes. One of the rollers Abe is holding in the video has tape on it. Rollers are great for creating long roads and curvy snakes. Sponge bottles were used to make the round shapes.

Kid Art blogs are a new feature on papershine. We’ll be doing periodic updates of art projects Kristin does with the boys. Drawing on her experience as an art teacher, we’ll offer ideas for projects people can do at home with their kids.

This entry was posted on Sunday, March 22nd, 2009 at 11:22 pm and is filed under New masterpieces.