Moroccan Courtyard Paintings

These paintings were done with three to five year olds. There were four wrapped canvases that we painted, one in each classroom. The canvases are 16 x 20. I started out by doing a pencil drawing of a Moroccan courtyard directly on the canvas. I gathered a selection of vibrant acrylic paints. Blue painter's tape was used to block out arears so that the children could easily paint different areas using sponge brushes. After the background dried they used the homemade stamps pictured to add pattern and texture. I made the stamps with craft foam that was glued to small block of wood. We threw in some metallic paints to add some razzle dazzle.