I usually get one huge gallon of each of those. When I buy my paint colors, I stick with red, magenta, yellow, blue, turquoise.

Paint is ridiculously expensive, but you definitely don’t want to skimp on this one. I know it’s tempting, because this is where a lot of my budget goes. When you’re buying your paints, cheap is not good. So, I feel like with those three brands you really can’t go wrong. I don’t use acrylic, because these are young kiddos, and I have noticed that acrylic is a little bit more expensive. If you know that your friends are gonna be getting paint on their clothes, you might want to invest in the washables paints.

But there’s something about washable colors that makes them not as great as the others. I don’t work at no scientific paint making factory. I’m assuming they have to add a little bit of a soap or maybe more water into those colors. Anything that’s a washable paint, keep in mind, it’s going to be not as great as the other colors. Crayola also makes some beautiful colors. I have found Blick premium tempera to be excellent. You want to get a paint where the colors are beautiful and vibrant, colors that really excite the kids and make them excited about painting and their artwork. You want to get a paint that doesn’t flake off. Let’s kick it off with talking about good paint. So, let’s first of all talk about supplies, because there’s nothing more frustrating than painting with crappy, I’m just gonna say it, crappy supplies, bad brushes, where the hair bristles fall out, paint colors that just don’t mix well together, or like I had one year, paint that actually flakes and falls off the paper when it’s dry. If it works for you and your kids, y’all, you do you.

But, like I said, you might have something that works better for you. I’m gonna share what I have found to be my favorite supplies, my favorite setup, and my favorite routines for painting with children. I’ve hung out with lots of other art teachers, seen their different methods and way of doing things, and I think that what I’m gonna share with you today I want you to consider it with a grain of salt, because what works for me might not work so great for you. That book taught me so much about painting with children, and I have also learned a lot along the way. If you are new to painting with children, even if you’re not new, I still think you could get some awesome tips from that book. I mean, gosh, I started teaching in ’98, and it had been out for a while back then. When I first got my art teacher gig, I didn’t have a clue about painting with no kids, so I promptly went out and got a book called Painting With Children. I’m Cassie Stephens, and this is Everyday Art Room. I want to talk to you today about my favorite supplies, my favorite way to set up, and my routines that I established, so that hopefully I don’t end up with red paw prints on my booty or topless children in my art room. I heard one of the kids say about her across the room, “I can see her nipplets.” Y’all, painting with children is never a dull moment, but always a whole lot of fun. She took off both of her coats, which I couldn’t even convince her to take off at the start of painting, and her shirt, standing topless. I know way back a million years ago, in one of my very first podcasts, I shared my favorite painting story, which was where a student who was upset about getting paint on her decided to disrobe. That same red paw print was now on my keister. Stephens,” and proceeded to walk out of my room with one giant red hand. As I turned around to see who had planted that love tap on my rear, my little friend who’d never said not a single solitary word to me said, “Goodbye, Mrs. You’ve got rainbow lotion is what we call paint on our hands.Īs the kids were walking by and saying goodbye to me, I suddenly felt a nice firm whack on my bottom. I didn’t think anything of it, as the students were walking out of my room with little blobs of paint on their hand, because that’s the mark of a great art day. It was our first day painting, painting with tempera paint in the art room, one of my favorite things to do, one of my favorite things to teach. So, you know, a regular guy and hanging out in my art room, until one day. Cassie: Several years ago I had an English language learner student in my room, and he was the sweetest little dude, never said a peep to me, always seemed to understand what was going on, always seemed to follow directions.

Paint butt and sit on canvas