Two hands? Why not!
We are keeping up with our monthly canvas paintings and I’ve really noticed a difference now that Jax is 18 months old.
He recently mastered dipping his food into sauces and dips. He calls it “di di” (dip dip). I laid out four plates of paint for him (hiding the bottles – he gets very distracted if he sees them), handed him a paint brush and told him to dip dip. And, he did without hesitation. He had a lot of fun dipping then making a few paint strokes before choosing a new color. It really looked like he was starting to understand he could paint a new color when he dipped in one first.
At the end of the painting I helped him make hand a foot prints on it to have a record of how big he was at 18 months old. Then we cleaned up together, with me washing him off and him splashing in the tub of water.
It came out great and he had so much fun! I’ll be hanging it on the wall as soon as I paint over the staples on the edge of the canvas.
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- Set up
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- Dipping his brush
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- Testing the colors
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- Adding more blue
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- Proud artist
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- Concentrating
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- Painted knees
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- Clean up
Finished painting