Sarah Baldwin, experienced Waldorf early childhood teacher, demonstrates wet-on-wet watercolor painting. Part Two of two. View Part I: • Waldorf Wet-on-Wet Wat... Supplies: www.bellalunato...
I honestly wish that when I was younger I had you to teach me. I would have had such a lovely time and learnt so much and I expect my attention span would have benefited substantially from it too.
I was concerned about how I was going to home school until I stumbled upon your website & videos! They are so easy to follow, and you are seriously teaching me so much. The story & song you shared are beautiful. Thank you for posting!!
Thank you for this. I watched it together with my 4 year old before doing wet-on-wet watercolours for the first time. He really loved the song and the tippy brush story. That song really inspired him. He painted for half an hour by himself without mixing up his watercolour palette because he remembered to wipe Tippy Brush's feet inbetween colours!
My 3 year old grandson enjoyed the song and the story about tippy brush helped him to remember to wash and dry his brush between colors. We are little "diddy" verse singers in our home, so this fit right in with us. It was a wonderful exercise. Thank you Sarah.
This is very helpful and clear. I'm using all of it: the preparation, song, and Tippy story for my homeschooling painting days with my 3 and 7 year olds.
We tried this for the first time today, and my 4 & 6 year olds adored the Tippy story. Our papers quickly became full of tiny pieces of paper "lint balls" and our finished products weren't as smooth and lovely as I'd hoped. Am I not sponging it enough? We used the same watercolors and brushes, and strathmore 90lb watercolor paper. Thanks!
Try a sturdier cold press paper. She's using 140lb Strathmore. Also, show the kids to brush smoothly with a pulling motion, not pushing (and hence scrubbing). Scrubbing will cause the paper to weaken and pill. Hope this helps
It would be helpful if we could see what she is doing instead of looking at her. That seems to be a common theme in her videos. Can you please remember this for future videos. Thanks.
Are you really suggesting that children should be restricted to one colour? What's wrong with children making brown and grey as an end product? Another example of Waldorf education's focus on rigid teaching of technique
