

To have your young child understand how he represented light in his paintings make the analogy when light comes through a window. On a bright, sunny day light might shine threw your window reflecting different colors just as Delaunay did in his paintings.
Today's art project collage will focus on circles and how primary colors (red, blue, yellow) make secondary colors. Red and blue make purple, red and yellow make orange and blue and yellow make green. Using Delaunay's work as inspiration talk to your child about how he represented color and light in his images by using different colors and sizes of circles.

Materials:
- Tissue Paper (red, blue, yellow)
- Contact Paper
- Scissors
- Circular shapes to trace and stamp with
- Glue Stick
- Paint (red, blue, yellow)
- Next roll out and cut a piece of contact paper. Then fold it in half and cut it again. This will give you a front and back that are the same size without having to measure. Set one piece aside for later and with the one you are going to use peel the paper off. Leaving the only the clear sheet lay it on the table sticky side up.


Talk about Delaunay's work and how they saw different size and colored circles and how he arranged them in his picture. Ask your child to explain how they are arranging their picture.


-Once they have finished putting on their circles you can peel off the paper of the second piece of contact paper, that you had put to the side, and lay it over the finished picture. Tip for working with contact paper start at one corner and slowly lay down the sheet smoothing your hand over it as you go. This will help to not create any bubbles or bumps.



Art with children is all about the process. Let them explore art materials and express themselves.
