To celebrate international Dot Day, which was on September 15th (ish), we created our own dots out of coffer filters and a variety of other materials after reading The Dot. The materials I chose to use for my dots were marks, watercolors, oil pastels, and water. We experimented with the different ways that the materials reacted with one another. For example, by drawing with oil pastels first and then painting over them with watercolors.
This would be a great activity to allow exploration of materials before doing a watercolor painting. I would use this as a way to see how comfortable my students are with watercolor and the skills that they already know. It would also be a great time to introduce new techniques that they will need for the watercolor painting.
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