Hmmm, I wonder if I have any white powdered tempera in that cupboard I've
been ignoring. I hate messing with the stuff when it's just as easy to buy
bottles of ready-made tempera. So all that powdered stuff I inherited has
just been sitting there. I'm brainstorming here - what if the students used
the powdered tempera as you described, only experimented with different
colors. Then used the colored chalks to experiment with color mixing.
Introduce Kandinsky prior - play different music as they work... I have a
new group of middle school students tomorrow and so I get to start off
fresh. Ideas???
~Michal
----- Original Message -----
From: <JKGIBB1@aol.com>
To: "ArtsEdNet Talk" <artsednet@lists.pub.getty.edu>
Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 10:56 AM
Subject: Re: chalk and buttermilk
> My two cents' worth--
>
> I am going on 53 years old and I remember MY seventh grade art teacher
using
> the chalk and buttermilk technique. We drew still lifes. So, it has been
> around for awhile. (Can't recall WHY we did it this way, but I do
remember
> having fun.)
>
> I also remember reading in a book once about a technique where you
sprinkle
> white POWDER tempera paint on damp paper, and then work into the paint
with
> colored chalk. This creates some interesting pastel colors and impasto
effects.
> Also, there is little smearing once it dries.
>
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