I chose an 11x14" canvas to work with. Before we got started, I used masking tape to block out my son's name on the canvas. Doing the S was a bit of a bear but I found that ripping the tape into smaller pieces helped to make it look more rounded. I chose to rip the tape instead of cutting it and I staggered my letters a little bit to make it look more quirky.
Then it was time to let my son create his masterpiece! I laid down a drop cloth, opened up a bunch of finger paints that he got for his birthday (thanks, Natasha!), threw a paint shirt on him, and let him go to town! He is a little prissy about getting dirty so he needed some encouragement to really get into the painting. For some strange, horrible, reason he got really excited about painting after I told him that the brown paint looked like poop. He thought that was absolutely hilarious. I love all the little hand prints he left behind!
I hope this inspires you to help your child make their own masterpiece! We had a blast and I bet you will, too!
I wish I had been there when he realized he could color it like poop. :D
ReplyDeleteHe's such a boy!! That is really cute! Pretty soon Graydon will be doing his own artwork!
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