Homemade Paint Needed for Art on Friday

This Friday, the class will be creating cave art paintings of Ice Age animals using homemade paints. For this project, each student has been assigned a homemade paint recipe to make and bring in on Friday. The following is a list of the recipes and which students should bring each.  Thanks, parents, for helping out with this project!

Purple Colour - 5G Students #1, 2, 3, 4
1/4 cup of blueberry paint made from fresh or frozen blueberries pressed through a strainer.
(no chunks)

Red Colour - 5G Students #5, 6, 7
1/4 cup of paint created by boiling red cabbage in a small amount of water.  It should be as concentrated as possible.

Dark Red Colour - 5G Students #8, 9, 10, 11
1/4 cup of paint created by boiling beetroot in a small amount of water.  It should be as concentrated as possible.

White Colour - 5G Students #12, 13, 14
1/4 cup of natural paint created from crushed white chalk in a little bit of water.  It should be nice and thick.

Yellow Ochre Colour - 5G Students #15, 16, 17
1/4 cup of natural paint created from ground mustard in a little bit of water.  It should be thick - not too runny.

Black Colour -  5G Students #18, 19
1/4 cup of natural paint created from ground charcoal in a little bit of water.  It should be thick - not too runny.

Green Colour - 5G Students #20, 21, 22
1/4 cup of paint created from condensed milk with many drops of green food colouring.

Bright Yellow Colour - 5G Students #23, 24, 25, 26
The yolk of a large egg mixed with 1/2 tsp of water and many drops of yellow food colouring.

Watercolour Fall Leaves

Fridays are art days in 5G.  Last Friday, the students had an opportunity to create colourful fall leaves using watercolour paint.  Below you will see a few of the student projects.  To see all of the creations, please drop by the classroom.  They are posted in the hallway across from our classroom door.  Aren't they beautiful?