In the art world today, children wake up to a brand new day which brings them a single way in which to learn something new carrying forward their artistic imagination and exploring the beauty that colors and textures bring to the world. Among all the techniques of working with books one of the most invigorating is the resist effect. Using oil pastels and watercolor, this method teaches them not only an art technique but also a fun science fact: oil and water don’t mix!
In general for children of ages 5 to 7 years, the resist effect presents envious opportunities for making beautiful and colorful artwork, which more often than not has an underwater context. Now let’s get down to the specifics of how one can explain the resist effect to one’s young artists, and observe them at work.
Why Use Oil Pastels and Watercolor for Resist Effect?
I love using Oil pastel and watercolour for children. Children age 5 years can hold the oil pastels easily and they could also easily move on the paper thus making the children freely use it to produce whatever they desire, encouraging children to experiment with colors and strokes.
Watercolor on the opposite makes colors to look a bit wet and when the kids watch as the ink spills on the paper they get delighted. Together, these materials form a resist artwork that is fun and jazzy in colors, and that suits children artists. Watercolor, on the other hand, adds a fluid and dreamy effect that kids enjoy watching as it spreads across the paper. When combined, these materials create a resist artwork that is bold, colorful, and playful – perfect for young artists.
Apart from beautifying and decorating fabric items it is also a good resistance technique since it develops the different artistic parts of the human being, the hand and eye coordination and the motor ability of the kids that are involved in the task. This way children understand what it means to do layers in art and easily get to differentiate between the rough pastel colors and the softer watercolor ones.
Benefits of Resist Art for Kids
Creating resist artwork for kids provides them with several valuable learning experiences:
• Understanding Basic Science: Youngsters discover that oil floats in water and prepare them for science facts that are easy for them to understand.
• Building Fine Motor Skills: Using oil pastels for drawing and watercolor for painting help to improve children’s fine motor control and coordination.
• Developing Artistic Expression: Return from art is made with oil pastels and watercolours helps children demonstrate in large unhesitating gestures, fostering their confidence.
• Improving Focus and Patience: Every step of the resist technique assists children in learning patience since they cannot work until the watercolor is dry.
Wrapping Up the Underwater Art Adventure
Drawing with resist artwork using oil pastels and water colors is an interesting, informative and creative work that kids of five to seven years would enjoy.. Not only does it explain them basic science concepts, but it also let them to use their creativity to explore the underwater world. This project releases the artistic soul, enthusiasm and self esteem evident in each stroke they make. Of course, as an art teacher seeing them gasp at the resist effect and boasting about their underwater creations is a fulfilling moment.
Well, next time you decide on an art project, give this oil pastel and watercolor resist a try. It is both an art and a science in equal measures which helps every child to convert their artwork into beautiful fishes in an aqua painted sea.
