Apple Pointillism Art
Pointillism is way to painting by adding dots of color to a piece of art. Together these dots create an image. Your child can be an artist by using this painting technique to create these summer watermelons. Change the painting tool and paint color to change the color of the paint you are using to allow your child to make their apple the way they want. What I love most about this is it uses simple supplies so, your child can create multiple if they want!
Supplies:
- Paper plate
- Green, red, or yellow paint- for apple skin
- Ivory paint -for apple flesh
- Black paint- for apple seeds
- Painting tools ( sponge dotter brush, Q-tips or pencil eraser)
- Scrap brown and green paper.
Directions:
- Prepare paint colors your child would like to use and provide a paint tool. You can even provide all three and let them choose.
- Cut a large paper plate in half. I prefer thin, inexpensive plates for crafting.
Prepare a paper plate by cutting it in half.
- Add paint to create a half an apple. I began by using an ivory color paint to create the apple flesh
- After, use a color to create the outside skin of the apple. Your child can choose a shade of red, yellow or green. You may even want to have a real apple nearby to try to copy the same shade. Experiment with combining colors or using more than one color.
Fill in the rest of the plate with a color to create the apple's skin.
- Next, use a scrap piece of brown paper to create an apple stem. A green piece of paper will be used to make an apple leaf.
Use scraps of paper to create an apple stem and leaf.
- Use black paint to add a few seeds to the inside of the apple.
- Lastly, glue the stem and leaf onto the top of the half apple.
10 Apple Books to read- includes fiction and non fiction
Fiction Books 1. Ten Apples Up on Top by Dr. Suess: This book was published under the pseudonym Theo LeSieg. This silly and fun book is great for kids of all ages. A great read aloud that has many sight words that will have your child begin to start to
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