Magic Marker Monday — Learning About Layers

"It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child."

~Pablo Picasso

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We've expanded to tempura paints and have been learning some new skills:

• Taking care of our brushes — Being careful to not to submerge the entire head of the brush in paint and cleaning them after we're done.
• Taking care of our paints — Being careful not to mix them up by cleaning our brush whenever we switch colors.
• Mixing colors on a palatte — Learning how to mix up green and orange, purple and pink.
• Waiting patiently between steps in a multi-step project — Learning about layering and working our way from the background layer forward.

Yeah, all except that last one.

I confess — I gave in and resorted to speeding up the background drying process with a blow-dryer.

What can I say?

Childhood artistic enthusiasm is my kryptonite.

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