Wooden house
Wax Resist
In this activity, children create wax resist artwork using waxy crayons or pastels and watercolour paints.
Water clings to paper and makes the paper wet. It does not cling to wax or oil. In waxed paper, the wax protects the paper and keeps it dry.
These activities are part of Science World’s Big Science For Little Hands program. They were developed and tested with preschool and kindergarten educators.
Objectives
- Understand how wax repels water to create wax resist artwork.
- Per Child:
crayons or oil pastels (but not washable crayons!)
watercolour paint or ink (we like Sargent Art Watercolor Magic™, available online or at a craft/hobby store)
paint brushes, sponges, or dabber bottles (available online or at a craft/hobby store))
paper Tip: the most dramatic effects come from using pale-coloured crayons and dark-coloured ink
Key Questions
- Does the paper get wet? How can you tell?
- Do the crayon/pastel marks get wet? How can you tell?
- How does your crayon/pastel drawing look different when it’s covered with the paint?
- Draw on the paper with crayons and/or oil pastels. Press hard!
- When your drawing is done, lightly brush or sponge the paint/ink all over the paper. If you use too much, you can use cotton balls or paper towels to mop up the extra paint (and create interesting effects).
SCHOOL HOLIDAY CAMPS
Our camps explore a variety of visual art experiences including painting, drawing, sculpture, mixed media and more to take children on an experiential journey where their own ideas are celebrated. Our program is open-ended and unstructured which helps children practice creativity and imagination while exploring the potential and language of art materials.
R2D2 robot
Superheroes painting
Wooden house
Wizard hat, spell book and wand
HOLIDAY ART CAMPS
Collage a Rocket Ship (ages 5-8)
Children will create a space-themed cardboard collage covering it with foil and embossing the artwork with acrylic paint and markers.
Price: $80 (incl. GST)
Time: 9:00 – 12:00
Date: Sep 26 and Oct 6
Create a Solar System Map (ages 5-8)
Working with mixed media materials the children will create a solar system map adding the planets, stars, asteroids, space rockets and labelling the objects on their map.
Price: $80 (incl. GST)
Time: 13:00 – 16:00
Date: Sep 26 and Oct 6
Build a Cardboard Castle (ages 5-8)
Using cardboard and other loose parts the children will be making a free standing model of a castle decorating it with collage and drawing materials.
Price: $80 (incl. GST)
Time: 9:00 – 12:00
Date: Sep 28 and Oct 5
Paint a Dragon Portrait (ages 5-8)
Using permanent markers and watercolour the children will create a dragon portrait adding as many imaginative features as they wish to it.
Price: $80 (incl. GST)
Time: 13:00 – 16:00
Date: Sep 28 and Oct 5
Draw Expressive Animal Portraits (ages 9+)
Children will explore the possibilities of drawing with charcoal and create a portrait of an animal of their choice. We will learn to see different tones in black-and-white images and draw animal textures with charcoal. Please note that the focus will be on the creative usage of the art material rather than on the realistic rendering of the subject.
Price: $160 (incl. GST)
Time: 9:00 – 16:00
Date: Sep 29 and Oct 3
Paint a Portrait (ages 9+)
Taking inspiration from this year’s Young Archie exhibition the children will paint a portrait in acrylics using palette knives. We will learn to sketch the face in proportion, identify light and shadow on the face and apply thick layers of paint with palette knives.
Price: $160 (incl. GST)
Time: 9:00 – 16:00
Date: Oct 4
Create a Mixed Media Bird (ages 9+)
Taking inspiration from Australia’s amazing bird life the children will create a series of bird artworks exploring different media and techniques – we will be combining drawing, painting, modelling and printmaking processes to create backgrounds and birds. The materials we will be exploring: acrylic paint, oil pastel, watercolour, paper clay and soft pastel.
Price: $160 (incl. GST)
Time: 9:00 – 16:00
Date: Sep 25
What’s included in the price:
All the materials the children will use during the day (We are very generous with art supplies and use materials of the highest quality only. Our students use rare art materials such as plaster, paper clay, craft glue, artist-quality acrylic paints and highest quality paper and canvas boards. All this is included in the price!) Two qualified art teachers on site if we are fully booked to ensure individual attention to each child enrolled. Using other studio materials during the day in between the art-making sessions – there is no TV watching at WonderLab with the children engaged in art-making the whole day (drawing with ink and soft pastels, painting with watercolour, modelling with clay and plasticine – our students bring home a lot of creations after the camps). We also pre-make a lot of custom-made spare parts for our camp creations to ensure children’s artworks look unique and elaborate.
Creative Kids Voucher details can be added to the registration form when you book your tickets. Upon successful completion of the order where a voucher is filled out correctly, we will then process a refund to the same bank card account that you completed the order with for $100. Please allow 5-7 business days after receiving a refund confirmation email for the funds to appear in your bank account.
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