Art Lab: STEAM Painting
Paint a birch tree with the yarn resist painting technique
Wednesday, November 13
3:20pm - 4:00pm
Learn about the science behind resist art and create a beautiful birch tree scene, as well as the impressionism painting technique.
Learn all about an interesting painting technique with this STEAM activity, which includes using a physical barrier of yarn to leave white space in our paintings of birch bark trees.
This is a variation of using a white crayon to prevent watercolor paint from covering part of your paper.
The Lancaster Science Factory has a great explanation for the why of wax watercolor resist art:
Would you think that the white crayon would be covered by the paint? Instead, the crayon resists the paint and shows through like a secret message! The reason is polarity. Water is a polar substance, which means the molecule as an attractive force. Wax (which is what the crayon is made of) is a non-polar substance, which means it’s molecules don’t have an attractive force. They’re spread out evenly throughout the substance.
Did you know that you can find out more about Impressionism art and other topics by using our online databases? Read this article in Britannica School Elementary about Impressionism art.
Want more STEAM activities? Find a book in our catalog!
AGE GROUP: | Pre-Schoolers (Ages 3-6) | Middle Grade (Ages 10-13) | K-5th Graders (Ages 5-10) | Infants + Toddlers (Ages 0-3) |
EVENT TYPE: | STEM | Arts, Crafts and Hobbies |
TAGS: | yarn | tree | paint | Impressionism | birch trees | birch |
Fertile Public Library
The Fertile Public Library is tucked inside the Duane Knutson Community Center on Mill Street across the street from the Main Street Station & Deli. The Fertile Library is a large one-room library with access to a small meeting room and auditorium that can be reserved through the city office and 24-hour access to WiFi.