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Another Chinese New Year's painting for my Kindergarteners. (Original Post) GreenPartyVoter Jan 2020 OP
Nice. elleng Jan 2020 #1
How exciting! lunatica Jan 2020 #2
Thank you! I considered scraping, but the first layer would have been GreenPartyVoter Jan 2020 #3
Well you did a great job! lunatica Jan 2020 #4
This is wonderful! femmedem Jan 2020 #5
Thank you! I just posted a pic one of them did yesterday. GreenPartyVoter Jan 2020 #6

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
2. How exciting!
Mon Jan 6, 2020, 08:43 PM
Jan 2020

I bet it turns out to be a real favorite! You did a fabulous job making each explosion a different shape and color. It’s wonderful. It looks like you put the colors down first then covered them with black which you scraped away to show the shapes.

GreenPartyVoter

(72,378 posts)
3. Thank you! I considered scraping, but the first layer would have been
Mon Jan 6, 2020, 08:58 PM
Jan 2020

dulled down, so I did wax resist and masking fluid between layers one and two, then removed the masks and touched up with more color and bling. I plan on posting this one right at their eye level on our door. They won't be able to miss it. LOL

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
4. Well you did a great job!
Mon Jan 6, 2020, 09:04 PM
Jan 2020

As A kid I remember doing artwork where you fill a piece of paper with colors from crayons randomly then cover the whole thing with black crayon and scraping off shapes. It was great fun!

I love that you do this for your kids!

femmedem

(8,203 posts)
5. This is wonderful!
Wed Jan 8, 2020, 08:17 PM
Jan 2020

So lively and joyous. I bet your students will remember this their whole lives, and some of them will make art because of your influence.

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