Action painting is fun for children because it provides a novel means of placing paint on the paper. You can use a wide variety of ways to do this whether using a squirt bottle filled with paint, a ball or marble rolling across the paper, or even a toy car whose wheels have been dipped. You can use the work of Jackson Pollack as an example if you wish to tie it in with art appreciation. In addition, I intentionally used the primary colors with the purpose of being able to see color mixing which can be an additional objective of your lesson.
Vocabulary to Introduce:
action painting
Vocabulary to Introduce:
action painting
primary colors (red, blue, yellow)
secondary colors (orange, green, purple)
Materials:
-aluminum pan
-tempera paint (red, blue, yellow)-containers for paint
-plastic spoons
-ping pong balls, golf balls, marbles, or toy cars
-scotch tape
-thick white paper
Preparation:
Tape the paper into the bottom of the aluminum pan. Place the three colors of paint in the containers and place a plastic spoon in each. You do want to let the child try to transfer the ball or marble from the container to the pan on their own in order to practice the small motor skill.
Our YouTube Video demonstrating the process:
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