Window process art (and our favorite 25+ art books!)

There is something about process art that really appeals to me.  When my son and I are free to just explore materials, there's more room to be creative (and a whole lot less pressure on both of us to make things "look right.")  We get to explore, create, and talk with each other.  Now, I will always love cute kids' crafts.  (Googly eyes and glitter will always hold a special place in my heart!) But lately I've just had enough time (and energy) to put out open-ended projects for us to do.

Here's a recent window process art activity that we recently did together...

Family Window Process Art

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And as always, if you're looking for some great art books to read with the kiddos... here is a list of our current faves...

Our current 25+ favorite art books:

Picture books about Specific Artists:

• Colorful Dreamer
• The Iridescence of Birds
• Funny Bones
• The House Baba Built
• A Blue Butterfly: A Story of Claude Monet
• Sandy's Circus
• The Artist and Me

Picture Books about Making Art and Color Theory:

• Press Here
• Mix it Up
• Any Ed Emberley Book
• The Day the Crayons Quit
• Beautiful Oops
• Dog's Colorful Day
• Too Much Glue
• Harold and the Purple Crayon
• Day with No Crayons
• Artist Ted
• Red A Crayon's Story
• Matthew's Dream

Books about Artsy Places

• This Bridge Will Not Be Grey
• Babar's Museum of Art
• Going to the Getty

Books with Art Lesson Ideas

• Modern Art Adventures
• Tangle Art and Drawing Games for Kids
• Art Workshops for Children
• The Artful Parent
• Art Lab

Books to feed an art teacher and child's souls

• Artist to Artist
• A is for Art
• The Brilliant History of Color

Materials Used:

• VersaChalk (I was sent these to try out and we really, really enjoyed working with them!)
• Washi Tape
• Cello Sheets
• Aluminum Foil
• Paint Chips
• Scissors

Basically I just set out the items and we got to work using them on our large deck window.

We cut out different shapes from the Cello Sheets, Aluminum Foil, and Paint Chips and used Washi Tape to tape everything up.  We also used the VersaChalk to draw on the windows.

The final results were stunning.  

(Reminds me of modern art!)

I loved seeing the light stream through and create designs on the ground.

It was also neat seeing the artwork change as it got darker.  The neon colored markers stood out so brightly against the night sky.

I hope you try this art activity out with your kids too.  Let me know how it turns out, ok?

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