A Quick and Easy Artsy Mother’s Day Art Project
I walked in Kmart the other day and saw small clay pots on sale for $.79. It reminded me of a Mother’s Day project I did with my students years ago.
Supplies needed:
- 1 small clay pot
- White, yellow, magenta/red, turquoise tempera or acrylic paint or craft paint
- 1 paint brush
- 1 water pot for water
- Paper towels/sponge
- Covering for work area
- Clear glossy polyurethane spray
Directions:
- Paint the clay pot white
- While wet, paint or stamp with brush to create texture with turquoise paint
- While still wet, paint with yellow paint grass lines and stems and leaves. The yellow should mix with the turquoise to make green.
- Still painting with wet surfaces, paint magenta petals for flowers on top of the stems. The magenta may mix with the turquoise to make purple.
- Use the handle end of the brush. Dip it into yellow paint and stamp centers of the flowers.
- Let the pot dry thoroughly and spray with polyurethane.
Here is an example. I scratched a vine into the paint with the handle end of my brush on the rim of the pot.
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