#FINGER PAINT CANVAS FULL#

Then we used finger paints to finger painted it. Unfortunately I forgot my camera that day, so here is one that I drew: One of the kids drew an amazing still life with a bowl of fruit. Then we traced it over with a permanent marker. We started out by drawing a composition with a pencil first.

#FINGER PAINT CANVAS FULL#

The kids had to do a full composition first and paint it, after they were done, they could just play with the paint on paper as they felt like. I figured I would have to come up with a full on fun finger painting art lesson. I showed some of her paintings to the kids before we got started for inspiration. When I looked for current artists that finger painted, Iris Scott was prominent, and for all the right reasons. While I don’t know much about it, I have to say that finger painting is very relaxing and meditative. Ruth also believed that finger painting can be very useful in art therapy. You can read more about her HEREand HERE. Once I started reading about her, I became fascinated by all of her accomplishments, and reasons, a subject I would like to explore further later. The woman that is responsible for bringing finger painting to United States is Ruth Faison Shaw. Finger painting has been used throughout history, many artists have used their fingers to apply paint to their canvas.

When I did some research on finger painting I learned quite a few amazing things. Both my kids and the kids in the art class have been asking for to do some finger painting. After giving it some thought, this is what we did.

Finger paint canvas