Get amazing professional artist results with this simple painting technique.  

You will need a good quality acrylic art paint, a range of colours including white. 
Two to three clean flat brushes but remember to slightly dampen the brushes before you start to paint.

Painted by WOWart Learning - Singapore

FAS Student Acrylic Paint:
https://www.faspaints.com/fine-art-student-acrylic.html

​LEVEL: Pre-School and Primary School.

Here is a simple, quick and colourful school painting project.  It brings nature indoors and takes your creativity outdoors.  It is a great autumn-inspired paint activity.   You can collect the leaves, but it is much more fun to get the kids outdoors collecting good printable leaves with you. 

You will need:
: White Paper
: SuperTempera Paint – just a few colours. Autumn earth tones are ideal.
: A brush
: A roller – an old rolling pin is ideal – Plastic would be better.   
: Leaves – try full leafs with strong veins for printing in a range of sizes.
: Apron and a cover sheet, newspapers or paper towels.

Let’s get started:
You will need:

Painting leafs with FAS Super Tempera
Leaves: before you start, make sure they are clean and free from bugs and dirt.  Also, before you start, have some paper towels ready.

Turn the leaves on their back, so the veins are facing upwards. Paint the underside thinly with the brush.  Making sure you get the stem and all the veins.

Carefully place the leaf onto the paper. Place a sheet of paper towel on top of the leaf. This will help protect the roller from getting covered in paint.  Use the roller to press the leaf into the paper firmly.  
Use paper towels to keep the roller clean.  Carefully remove the paper towel and lift the leaf off the paper.   Try repeating this process in different colours.

Allow for drying

​TIPS:  
- Try not to use too many colours.
- You can also cut out the prints and paste them together on one sheet of paper
- Be careful not to pour dirty paint using back into the paint bottles.  

Share and enjoy & have fun.

​This artwork looks so complicated and detailed, but it’s not. It’s so easy to create the detailed leaves with a simple plastic dish brush, and to help with the tree, we have a free Tree Outline Template with our printable PDF of this lesson plan.

You Will Need:

• ​Use an old dish brush for painting leaves
• Print the Free Tree Template
• Paint: Thick quality paint.  SuperTempera or Student Acrylic are both ideal for this.
• Old Plastic Dish Brush
• Spare sheets of paper for testing.
• Shallow paint trays or old plastic container lids.
• Paintbrushes
• Black marker for details, if required.

​Let’s Get Started:

Print off the Free Template of the tree trunk.

Pour a little paint onto your paint tray or plastic container lids.  You will only need a small amount.  If you are painting autumn colours, use yellow, orange and deep yellow.  Otherwise, use green and leaf green for the tree leaves.

Use a pressing stamping action with the brush to get the leaves effect on the branches of the tree.  Try testing on a spare sheet of paper until you are happy 
with the consistency of the paint.

When you have finished the leaves, paint the trunk and showing branches with a paintbrush.
Once dried, you can use a black marker for highlights.   

Free PDF Template:
The template is on page 2.

​Painting with dye is a quick and straightforward art project that is very colourful and effective.  

You will need

1. Waterproof Black Sharpie Markers (or any waterproof black markers).
2. FAS Painting Dyes and fine paintbrushes.
3. Make sure you use thick paper.  Paper can get easily get over-wet

​Draw a picture outline using the black Sharpie markers. 

By using the markers enables the children to add lots of fine details to their drawings. 

Colour your picture with FAS Painting Dyes. 

It doesn’t matter if the dye runs together or the dye goes over the line. This painting technique gives a lovely watercolour effect, and the black lines always stay visible. You can add more details after the dye has dried. 

The process can also be done in reverse, but let the dying dry first.

​

LEVEL: Pre-school and Primary.

A is a fun and simple way for kids to make colourful pictures.
Every painting is unique, and there is very little involved in the setup—lots of fun.
 
String Painting Art with School Paints
You will need:
: Super Tempera Paint  or a wash off paint & Paintbrush
: String cut in about 30cm (12”) lengths.
: Shallow Plates or trays
: Paper
: Apron and a cover sheet or newspapers – plus paper towels.

Let’s get started:
Cover the table with newspaper.
Pour a little Tempera paint into the shallow trays. One colour only per tray.

Dip the string into the Tempera Paint, leaving one end unpainted to hold on to.  

Use your paintbrush to push the string into the paint, making sure it is well covered.

Use your paintbrush to push the string into the paint, making sure it is well covered.

Lift the string and place it on your paper. Use the brush if you need to. It would help if you had help position it without the brush touching the paper.

Gently lift the string up and down, pull the string up, down and all around and then pull it off the paper.
Allow for drying.

TIPS:  
-  Cotton is better than plastic string.

Share, enjoy & have fun.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN FACE PAINT:

Be very careful of unknown brands, a product that smells like you would never put it on your face. Some cheap face paint really does smell bad.

These days label that says non-toxic is just not good enough! The label should carry a seal or safety mark like CE, ACMI, EN71.3 or FDA. This means the paint has been tested for safety.

REAL Cosmetic v Cosmetic grade face paint
There is a massive difference between cosmetic and cosmetic grade face paint.   

A cosmetic grade face paint means it is a watered-down poster paint to a semi cosmetic level. The ingredients are not all or only partially cosmetic raw materials. 
This is not made for painting on skin. 

FAS Professional Face is made from TRUE cosmetic raw materials. The pigment, the resin and the biocide are all cosmetic and are designed for use on skin.
Much like a Nivea face cream or shampoo.

PAINTING SAFETY

If you suspect that your skin or your model's skin may have sensitive skin, you could test the paint on the inside of their wrist before you begin. If there is no reaction after a few minutes will be safe to proceed.

If you intend to wear face paint for long periods of time, you may need to re-apply your colours and use a barrier cream or moisturiser to assist with the removal and protection of your skin.

Keep paint away from eyes, mouth and nose. Always be very careful when painting in these areas. It is a good idea to have your model close their eyes until you have finished painting in these areas.

Don't use paints or glitter paints that are intended for painting on paper as these products are not likely to be safe to wear on your face.

School Painting Dyes  -
Wax Crayon and Chalk Resist Lesson
#FASpaints #Schoolpainting

You will need
· Wax Crayons
· Chalk
· A Water-based water soluble dye

Chalk:
Use Chalk to draw a thick outline of your picture.

Use wax crayons to colour in your picture between the chalk outlines. Colouring in your picture. Makeup one dark School Dye colour (preferably black). Allow this dark to wash over the entire picture. This will wash away the chalk outlines.

Wax Crayons:
You must make sure that you are using Wax Crayons to make this work. There are a lot of plastic crayons on the market; these will not work.

The Wax Crayons are ideal for quick colourful artworks with FAS School Painting Dyes.

If you can use a thicker water-absorbent cartridge paper as this type of painting will use a lot of water, you need a paper that can cope with this.

Draw a picture with the wax crayons making the lines reasonably thick. In a simple basic design.
Example: 'A is for Apple' and drawing a simple outline of an apple.

Using the wax crayons, colour in any spaces left.

Paint and fill your picture with the School Painting Dye covering the entire picture with bright and vibrant colour. 

The School Painting Dye is resisted by the wax crayon areas that you coloured in earlier. 

This method also suits designs based on stained glass windows.
Simple yet very colourful and can be completed in minutes.

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Kids love making colourful crafts, and working with school dyes is colourful, fun, and yet so easy. You can paint simple pictures quickly, and you end up with a very bright watercolour effect.

LEVEL: Pre-school and Primary.
Watercolour painting with school dyes

You will need:
: A school water base dye - or a food dye
: Paper (not too thin)
: Black Marker Pen
: Pencil
: Brushes. (Soft hair watercolour brushes are better): Apron and a cover sheet or newspapers or paper towels

Let’s get started:
First, make sure you have protection on the painting surfaces. Wear old clothing, smocks or aprons.
Start with a straightforward basic outline pencil sketch. 

Make sure the outlines are dark enough for the children to paint around.
Pour the dyes into trays and paint pots. 

Start to paint in your picture using one brush per colour. Try not to overload your brush. The lighter you paint, the better the watercolour effect, and it will dry much faster.
Once dry, use a black marker to outline the details. It is essential not to use the market before you paint as some markers will react with the dye and spoil the picture.


TIPS:  
: You can mix colours, but things can quickly get messy with dirty colours and dirty brushes.
: Thin paper can get over wet and fall apart.

School Tempera Poster Paint:
School Tempera is what you will see everywhere in schools today. It is the most popular daily used educational art paint in the world. More preschoolers and primary school children are painting with tempera in schools across the globe every day.

It is ‘normally’ a safe, non-toxic paint that is very colourful and quick drying. There are no eggs, clay or wheat in the formulation for this type of paint. It is made for kids to paint safely.

FAS Super Tempera paint dries quickly and lasts a long time. But the paint will eventually spoil. To prevent spoilage, close the lid tightly after use and avoid returning unused Super Tempera to its original container.

Safety Concerns:
Here at FAS paints, we get all our paint independently tested to international school paint safety standards. When using any school paint, read the label to see what safety testing has been done.

Just saying not-toxic on the label is not good enough and means nothing.

It is recommended that you carefully read the labels or read the manufacturer’s MSDS (Medical Safety Data Sheet) to see the ingredients if you are concerned.