Tuesday, 23 October 2012

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN HIDING THE WATERCOLOUR?


 We have been working  on these Escher inspired tile patterns for a few weeks now.  The complexity of the designs really surprised me, the children got so much detail in, I was worried that they would be frightened to add colour in case they obliterated it.
 My first instinct was to have the children use coloured pencil to colour a light layer on the repeated pattern, and some did.....and they looked very nice......


But then in the back of a drawer, I found "BRUSHO". ( It probably has many other names in different places)  I thought its watery qualities would be just the thing to use.......  and it was....... 








  

And now I can't put it down   "BRUSHO RULES!"

SAY HELLO TO AUTUMN "BRUSHO" LEAVES




This talented child is only 5!




AND A LITTLE BIT OF HALLOWEEN




Some of me younger classes drew a spooky house first before the blew a tree shape


And they all enjoyed spraying the watercolour with the toothbrushes, although we did have a few sprayed the wrong way and had spotty faces for the rest of the day!




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3 comments:

  1. Elizabeth 23 October 2012 at 14:23

    I love your tessellations, very well done. What is Brusho?

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  2. Phyl23 October 2012 at 15:50

    Yes - I also love the tessellations, but here in America I'd never heard of Brusho. So I Googled it, of course! It looks awesome, and like a lot of fun to use. I wonder if it is available to purchase in the USA.

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  3. maureen crosbie23 October 2012 at 23:02

    thank you, Brusho is a concentrated Watercolour, it comes in a powder form, a little goes a long way.

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