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painting

Experiencing paint and its captivating ways invites children to touch, feel and experiment with its transformative qualities. This welcomes moments of surprise, delight and intrigue. 
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The painting book is displayed with an artists mannequin, a yellow jar full of paintbrushes and a splattered backdrop

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A wooden tray with watercolour paints in oyster shells. A child's hand dips a paintbrush in a jar of purple water
Noticing the subtle moments as children encounter a painting experience brings us closer to the ideas and emotions interwoven through their encounter.
A set of paintbrushes is fanned out
The cover and a spread of Painting, showing different materials and companions - rollers, twigs, paintbrushes, droppers

Take a peek inside

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references

  1. Plutarch. (n.d.). Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks. [Quote]. Retrieved from [https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7401272-painting-is-silent-poetry-and-poetry-is-painting-that-speaks].
     

  2. Penfold, L. (2019). Material Matters in Children’s Creative Learning. Journal of Design and Science. Retrieved from https://jods.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/bwp6cysy. P. 2
     

  3. Kind, S. (n.d.). Studio as a Dance Together. https://ellipsoid-keyboard-hg4p.squarespace.com/blog/blog-post-title-two-9l6jx. 
     

  4.  Goldberg, B. (2014). Seeing meaning. Occasional Paper Series, 2014 (31). P. 28-29
     

  5. Rodari, G., (nd). Exhibition, Loris Malaguzzi Centre, Reggio Emilia - Kelly’s personal notes, 2023
     

  6. Goldberg, B. (2014). Seeing meaning. Occasional Paper Series, 2014 (31). P. 27
     

A canvas is propped up for a child to paint on outside under a tree
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