This activity promotes development and learning by encouraging children to:

• Experiment with visual media and materials.
• Evaluate varied artistic styles, appreciate different techniques, and experiment with different art mediums.

Materials:

• Canvas
• Plastic cups
• A variety of acrylic paint
• Popsicle sticks or other utensils for stirring
• Water
• Glue
• Drop cloth or large rag

Directions:

1. Choose which colors you would like to use, put each color in a different cup, add glue and water and mix together.
2. Pour a little paint of each color into a single cup (the larger your canvas, the more paint, you will need), making layers of paint with different colors.
3. Turn the cup/cups over on the canvas.
4. Observe as the paint spreads across the canvas.
5. Tilt the canvas side to side until paint is covering