You will need:

• Masking tape
• Poster paints in blues and whites
• Paint pallets and / or pots
• A range of paint brushes
• Foil

To begin:

• Lay out a roll of foil on the table, fastening it in place with a little sticky tape at the corners.
• Decide if you want to use paint brushes or your hands to paint – brushes are much tidier!
• Set out a palette with a range of watery colours then begin painting. Try to experiment swooshing paint around on the surface.
• It can be nice to play watery inspired music as you are painting to set the mood!
• Explore the different ways that the foil can be used as a canvas.
• The foil is very smooth, so the paint glides, and sits on the surface rather than being absorbed like with a paper.
• The shiny surface adds an extra sensory element, and it makes a noise as you paint on it too.
• Work to fill the foil with waves and watery shapes:

Then:

• Look at the the painting that you have created and talk about it.
• What is the effect that you have created?
• Which bit of the painting do you like best and why?
• What is the mood of the water that you have painted?
• Would you like to swim in that sea?
• Is the water near a beach or further out to sea?
• Are there any sea animals below the surface?
• Would you like to be on a boat on that water?
• How did it make you feel to create the painting?
• Any other questions that you would like to ask…