On Friday, September 30, 2016 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 morning. The following is a list of the recipes and which students should bring each. Experiment a bit. Some of the paints are very thin. Perhaps boiling with a little bit of cornstarch will thicken the paint a little? If you have any other ideas for homemade paint, please feel free to email me. ...Thanks, parents, for helping out with this project!
Purple Colour - 5G Students #1, 2, 3
1/4 cup of blueberry paint made from fresh or frozen blueberries pressed through a strainer.
(no chunks)
Red Colour - 5G Students #4, 5, 6
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 #7, 8, 9, 26
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 #10, 11, 23
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 #12, 13, 24
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 #14,15, 25
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 #16, 17, 18
1/4 cup of paint created from condensed milk with many drops of green food colouring.
Bright Yellow Colour - 5G Students #19, 20, 21, 22
The yolk of a large egg mixed with 1/2 tsp of water and many drops of yellow food colouring.
