You will Need:

Paint: Thick quality good quality Green paint.  Super Tempera or Student Acrylic are both ideal for this.
Old plastic dishwashing brush
Brown Crayon
Spare sheets of paper for testing.
Shallow paint trays or old plastic container lids.
Paint brushes
Black marker for details.

Let’s Get Started:

Print off the Template of the tree trunk. (see above)

Colour the trunk in with a crayon or marker.

Pour a little paint on to your paint tray or plastic container lids.  You will only need a little 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.
Once dried you can use a black marker for highlights


Tip: Less stamping of the paint looks better.

Mixing two or more green leaf colours looks great.

An acrylic paint works well

Cheaper brands of paint may be too thin for this artwork.

Painting Bugs with Paper Folding Art.

Learn how to paint colourful bugs, beetles, ladybirds and grasshoppers.  This example shows how easy it is to create and paint bugs of all sorts of shapes and sizes with Super Tempera school paint.

There is a lot you can do with paint that you just can't do with markers, pencils or crayons. 

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This is so easy and so much fun!

There are some things you just can't do with pencils, markers and crayons.

It is like looking in the mirror, whatever you paint on the left side of the paper is reflected on the right side.   Try making butterflies using dark colours with bright highlights and finish them off with a felt pen for the details.

There is a lot you can do with colourful paints that you simply just cannot do with crayons, markers and pencils.  

YOU WILL NEED: 

• Sheet of paper.
• Tempera Paint in a range of bright colours.
• Apron and cover sheets.

Maybe also
Black marker for details.

Lets get started:

1.  Prepare your work area.  Lay out newspapers or a cover sheet.

2.  Fold the paper in half to make a light crease before you begin. Open it out.  You may find some very young children will need to have the paper folded for them.

3.  All the painting is done on one side of the folded paper.  Try to get some colour along the central fold line.   Use bright colours in a random ‘surprise’ effect.

4.  Re-fold the paper. Rub the paper with the palm of your hand trying to work the paint from the centre to the outer edge.

5.  Allow to dry. Thick painting may take longer than normal artworks.

6.  Add the final extras.  Eyes, feet, legs, dots or a nose with felt pens or crayons.

Tip: 

Try not to apply too much paint that will squeeze out of the folded paper.  
​But just enough so it will transfer when pressed together.