Mix, Stir, Paint!!

Our new Artful Learning Unit is about courage. We learned that in order to invent something, it often takes a lot of courage. Today we made paint out of colored chalk and oil. We used a mortar and pestle. Then we painted on white paper!

We think Amiliana would say, "It was really hard stirring the chalk because it was hard."

Hailey A. exclaimed, "I think it was really fun and it was a little hard to mash up all the chalk."

"I was trying to beat up the chalk because it was really hard--it was very grueling," declared Hailey E.

Michael explained, "I think it was really like cooking."

"I really really liked grinding the chalk before I went to piano, " said Kennedy.

Cameron stated, "It was kind of easy because I had to crush it and mix it up a little. The best part about it was changing the color."

Karli exclaimed, "I thought the grinding part was really hard because the chalk was really hard to grind."

"I thought the hardest part was doing the grinding of the chalk because you had to push down really hard and the chalk wouldn't break," Madison shared.

Haden announced, "I never made paint out of chalk and oil and I've never seen chalk that gets mixed up with oil."

"I have never seen paint made with chalk and oil," Kierra mentioned.

Diamond explained, "I never heard of chalk mixed with oil or I never heard of a pestle."

"I've never mixed chalk before," told Jacob.
Connor mentioned, "I thought it was weird grinding the chalk because it looked weird when it was smashed up."

"I really liked grinding up the chalk," expressed Colton.

Chidy mentioned, "It was kind of hard to mix the chalk."

"The painting and the mixing were the most fun because you got to pour some oil in the broken chalk that we used from the pestle," uttered Dylan.

Blake mentioned, "When we crushed the chalk it was really easy and I liked when it was all done and we mixed the oil with the chalk because it looked weird--like orange goo."

"I have never made paint," remarked Kathy.

"I never knew you could make paint using chalk and oil," declared Camryn.