What started out as exploring the concepts of cause and effect and balance also ended up being a very fun mess. I wanted to do a painting activity with my lower elementary students to explore how we can still have fun making art while also being mindful of our physical actions. I set up 3 pendulum stations with my class assistant. We made the pendulums from easels and dropped half cut squeeze bottles from the middle of them. We then mixed the tempra paint with water to get a

Some of my younger students possess an incredible, exuberant energy. Seeing their potential for dynamic brushstrokes and mark-making always inspires my own painting exploration. I've always loved painting. In my own early years, the medium had been my go-to as a quick way to record my creative ideas and create the images I had in my head. These are examples from a lesson I had designed for first grade. They were directly inspired by their energy to create. I had the work of F