Fall Poetry

Fall is.... Poetry Writing with Negative Space 

This was a favourite of my class by far.  They loved being able to use a spray bottle to turn their poetry into art.

Materials:

• spray bottles
• watercolour paint powder (red, orange and yellow)
• leaf cut outs
• black marker or pencil crayon
• visual journal

Ahead of time fill the spray bottles with water and a couple of scoops of the watercolour paint powder.  Mix it well so that all the powder has dissolved into the water.

Helpful Hint:
*Add labels to the spray bottles for convince

Open your visual journal to a blank page and flip the other side underneath so that only one page is exposed.  Place the leaf cutouts on the page.

Using the spray bottles spray a mist of paint onto the visual journal.  

Helpful Hints:

*Check after each spray that it has covered the page and to see if you have enough paint on the page ( I found one spray was enough for orange and red but yellow needed two)

*Aim for the middle of the page when spraying 

*Laminate the cutouts if you plan to use them more than once, otherwise they could get soggy

*This can be messy so; if it's a nice day take it outside

Remove the leaves to reveal the negative space left behind by the leaf cutouts.

After the paint has dried, use a black marker or pencil crayon to add your poem overtop.

Helpful Hints:
*The title should be big and bold to grab attention
*Colours can be used to make the title 'pop'
*Marker can sometimes go through the page so check the backside or use a pencil crayon

Voila!