The Falling Rocket

Our next project from the Usbourne Art Treasury is an imitation of James Whistler's 'Nocturne in Black and Gold (The Falling Rocket)'

On some purple paper, Kyla ruled a line for the horizon, using chalk.

I had cut out some various building type shapes from some dish cloth sponges. Kyla painted one of the off cuts and used it to dab orange paint all across the paper.

Then, she painted the 'buildings' and carefully printed them top and bottom of the horizon, giving it the look of a reflection.



I'm loving how completely asbsorbed she gets by these art projects.


After all the shapes were printed, we left it to dry.


Once dry, she shaved some pink and blue chalk on it, then rubbed it in.


Then the really fun bit! Using yellow and red paints, she flicked the 'fireworks' across the paper. We ended up taking it outside so she could really let loose.






The end result was stunning.


And of course, the little ones can never pass up an opportunity to paint. So they had their own fun with the sponges.