It's entirely too cute to watch her paint with watercolor. She's so focused! I put her in her booster seat at the kitchen table, but have to put a box underneath the booster seat to raise it up high enough. We have a small bowl full of water for her to rinse the little brush. I tape something I've drawn to the kitchen table, strip her down to just her diaper, and let Picasso go. (I need some suggestions for future drawings... I can only draw so many trees, doggies, rabbits and people...).
The first time we tried this, she got the hang of the process. She likes to dip the brush in the water, swirl it around pretty well, then put her brush in numerous colors at the same time, then paint with the colors. It's fun to see what she does with a literally blank canvas. :-)
I had to show her some technique (I didn't say good technique...) and start out by painting the rainbow. Daddy used his architectural prowess in drawing a house for Ava to paint on Saturday morning. I've never seen a more intricately drawn house for a 15 month-old to paint! I will try to post a picture of it later.
When she paints, she mainly uses her right hand. It's funny to watch her shake her head from side-to-side while painting. It's almost like she uses her head to counter-balance her arm; she paints with her whole body. :-)
As you can imagine, the kid goes directly into the bath after watercolor festivities...
What's cool about watercolor? I put the watercolor palette (or whatever you call it) right under the faucet after we're done, and it looks like new again... Can't beat $2 entertainment...
The finished products:
(notice R-O-Y-G-B-I-V? We didn't have indigo to paint with, so we're missing the "I" in "BIV")
Painting the town red (and green, and yellow, and blue, and purple...),
Shelly, Doug and Ava
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