African Paintings

On Wednesday and Thursday we went to Mrs. Baker's art room with Mr. Willis' class to start our African paintings. We originally thought we would do a traditional Kenyan batik, but Mrs. Baker told us that the melting wax can cause problems (such as smoke detectors going off...) so we found a great website which taught us how to do a fake batik. First the kids outlined their African animals, people, or landscapes on their paper with white crayon. The next step, shown in these photos, is of the kids painting their first layer of paint on to their papers. Next we will paint a second layer over the first, and then finally we will "batik" the paintings by covering them with India ink and then rinse the ink off. Stay tuned!