Art Jamming With My Kids

Since it's the mid-year school holiday the kids have been a little bit bored with little else to do other than playing with each other. I don't blame them. We don't have a safe outdoor facility nearby where they can play. So they stay indoor most of the time. So since I have been planning to start a private art tutoring for kids, I thought why not "test" my art syllabus with my own kids? We do create art now and then but it was often random and not planned. But today I decided to "test" one of my own lessons which were learning basic watercolor. I thought them the type of brushes and how to use them. I thought them a couple of simple watercolor techniques. Since kids especially the young ones have a very short attention span, I tailored my lesson to be as short as possible with ample time to do the fun things which are of course to paint. They enjoyed it so much! After about 30 minutes, the boy had completed his masterpiece and I allowed him to play while waiting for his sister to finish hers. The whole lesson took about 45 minutes. And we took a break and they started to play hide and seek while I had my afternoon tea. After about 30 minutes of playing, they were ready for another simple artwork which was to paint a rainbow heart.

All sweaty after playing hide and seek.