{"id":2027,"date":"2018-03-16T05:02:36","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T05:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/?p=2027"},"modified":"2018-03-16T05:02:36","modified_gmt":"2018-03-16T05:02:36","slug":"fun-with-pointillism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/2018\/03\/16\/fun-with-pointillism\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun with Pointillism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2030\" src=\"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/files\/2018\/03\/Fun-and-easy-art-for-kids-exploring-pointillism-1-1-300x234.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/files\/2018\/03\/Fun-and-easy-art-for-kids-exploring-pointillism-1-1-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/files\/2018\/03\/Fun-and-easy-art-for-kids-exploring-pointillism-1-1.jpg 685w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Materials<\/strong><br \/>\nQ-Tips<br \/>\nNon-sharpened pencils with erasers<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discountschoolsupply.com\/Product\/ProductDetail.aspx?product=83&amp;xes=237530000ESC&amp;gclid=EAIaIQobChMIkJeO64Tw2QIV1bXACh0qSAXxEAQYASABEgL1gfD_BwE\">Circular Sponge Brushes<br \/>\n<\/a>Tempera Paint (three colors)<br \/>\nSmall containers &#8211; one for each color of paint<br \/>\nWhite construction paper<br \/>\nNewspaper to cover surface of table<\/p>\n<p><strong>Directions<br \/>\n<\/strong>Cover the workspace with newspaper. Tape a piece of construction paper to the surface. Pour one color of tempera paint into each small cup or container. Provide a cotton swab, circular sponge brush, and pencil for each color.&nbsp; Invite your child to create their very own masterpiece using dots! Your child may also enjoy exploring the different painting tools or mixing the colors together, which is just fine. This activity encourages creativity.<\/p>\n<p>Pointillism \u2013 the technique of using dots to create art<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Materials Q-Tips Non-sharpened pencils with erasers Circular Sponge Brushes Tempera Paint (three colors) Small containers &#8211; one for each color of paint White construction paper Newspaper to cover surface of table Directions Cover the workspace with newspaper. Tape a piece of construction paper to the surface. Pour one color of tempera paint into each small &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/2018\/03\/16\/fun-with-pointillism\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Fun with Pointillism&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101,"featured_media":2029,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-games-and-activities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/101"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2027"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2031,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027\/revisions\/2031"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}