Monday, July 12

Olivia!!

This is one of my favorite books. I love that it has real artists featured in the book.

Jackson Pollock is one of them.

We made "Jackson Pollock" type paintings...

First we taped our paper into the box lids:

Then we dropped marbles into paint and then onto our paper:

And just moved the box and let the marbles roll:


They loved painting this way!

4 love notes:

Jenny said...

i have loved this book ever since you gave it to me at my baby shower. every time i read it i try to get kate to memorize the artists' names. i love this painting idea. and you also make perfect pancakes. quite amazing.

Erin and Daryl said...

What a fun idea! I bet your kids loved doing that.

liz said...

that is such a rad idea. I think I want to try that out with my kids, only, we will be more authentic and incorporate some candy cigarettes while working on the art. ;-)

Megan said...

How fun. And i love Olivia books. They remind me so much of my...inventive 5 year old. :)