Watercolours # 4: Storytelling, Wet on Wet

We have been using a Waldorf Curriculum loosely from here

It has some lovely ideas for wet on wet mono-colour painting for poems.

I decided to do a story from our bookshelves, "Jack and The Beanstalk."

This post is just to illustrate the technique which can be adapted to any poem/story/song

that lends itself well.

As I read the book, Big Seed illustrates what I say:

"The mother threw the 5 beans out of the window"

"It grew into a very tall beanstalk."

"At the top was a huge castle."

"There was a huge giant..."

Anyway, you get the idea.

This is the finished painting.

It doesn't matter if objects overlap, are out of proportion, etc

It is the creative process that is important.

Stories with action and movement are the best...jumping, hopping, running around etc.

These are fun for the child to do with their paintbrush.

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