Open-ended Art: Hans Hofmann (Revisited)

After yesterday's attempt, I decided to give this week's theme another shot. I made two brushes for Sophie last night - one of twine and the other of nylon string. I taped a few strands together and inserted the bundle into a straw (cut into half) before securing it with more tape. So she would paint with a "broom" and a "mop" today. Hopefully, she would work with sponges too.

Strangely, Sophie refused to do art this morning. She ran away from me and took out her Playdoh instead. No matter how hard I coaxed her, she just would not let go of her Playdoh. So we negotiated a little and she did the background for today's art with a roller sponge. Fortunately, it had to be completely dry before we work on it further so I let her carry on with her Playdoh.

I think she is currently obsessed with cutting and she is trying to practice cutting Playdoh until she feels she has mastered the scissors.

When she was more willing to do some painting, she was quite unstoppable. She finished the painting in 7 minutes.

Okay, I feel that this piece of work is definitely more "Hans Hofmann" than the ones she did yesterday.

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Late afternoon is definitely not a fantastic time for Sophie to do anything that requires focus and cooperation. She was running all over with paint in her hands, threatening to touch everything in her path.

The yellow was somehow lost in the white and pink, but it was fine because it was meant to be the background.

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I think we are quite done with Hans Hofmann for now... Do visit Mommies Little Artist for more great ideas on this week's theme for Open-ended Art.