Boo and I have tried out some different paints for her artwork, but powder paint is definitely our favourite at the moment. I mix it up thick so that you get some great texture and some juicy marks when different colours are painted on top of one another.
When I was doing my pre-art school year ('Art Foundation'), I remember that the college provided the painting students with powder paint for the first part of the year (later we 'graduated' to acrylic paint). I remember mixing up the stuff to some thick pastes and applying with a range of implements to get a really thick texture. You can also add PVA glue to powder paint to make a sort of acrylic paint. This will stop some of the cracking that happens when thick powder paint dries, but it will also give it a plasticky sheen, you lose the mattness that I actually rather like.
Boo seems to be quite interested in painting circles at the moment.
Process is definitely more important than product, she's not very interested in them once they are finished. Often now, she marks a mark, then asks me what it is before proceeding. So, 'what is it?', 'its a bush', then she says 'its spring and the flowers are growing' and starts to splodge on some flowers with stabbing brush marks.
Sometimes we get rain and sun too, and a whole narrative develops. I love this storytelling approach to painting, its so interactive with the materials, and it is something we are doing 'together' as we talk about the work in progress.
After being mostly interested in pushing paint around with her hands, Boo is developing an interest in using the brushes and exploring the marks they can make. It's really exciting to watch the development that's going on with her right now.
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