This week, Little Ashcan got started on last week’s sketches and began painting! Using acrylic paint is a fun way to introduce painting to beginners as they dry quickly and are easier to handle than oil or watercolors. To begin, they learned the basics: organizing paints in a paint palette, how to mix paints in said palette, and using their establish layout from last week to apply brush strokes and begin filling their canvasses!
Little Ashcan learned to use an angled brush for heavy and fine lines and a round brush for finer lines and details, like fur! Next week they’ll be switching up mediums, see what they’ll learn about next!