Painting with Lukey and Kenzie
W hile Lukey and Kenzie were staying with us this week, we did a little bit of painting. Sheila and I have been wanting to do this with them for quite a while so it was great that we finally had some time to do this with them. This was supposed to be a lesson in watercolors but we chose to use the kids' new set of acrylic paints instead. Honestly, I didn't feel like digging out the watercolors and the acrylics were already sitting on the kitchen table so we painted with acrylics. I needed to adapt my lesson due to the last minute change in paints and because I haven't used acrylics for artistic painting in decades. So, I demonstrated each step before having them do it. This would allow me to adapt my plan as necessary. That being said, this also seemed to introduce some unnecessary confusion. If I had been more concise without adapting, what I was attempting to teach would have been more effectively communicated. On the previous day,...