I Can Learn to Resist Anything but Temptation: Clear Crayon Resist

So the other day mom gave me a crayon to draw with, but even though I scribbled and scribbled, it didn't make any mark.  I thought "what kind of facacta art project is this?"  Then she busted out the watercolors and it all became clear.  Actually, I had forgotten about the crayon at that point but mom kept going "look, look, Cami.  your coloring!"  So I assume that it was supposed to have all become clear.  In reality, I gave her a "lady, what?" look and kept on painting.  Mom said it wasn't a big hit at Kane's preschool either.  What does she expect?  She doesn't practice the principle of delayed gratification well at all.  Not sure why she was surprised.  But I still had a good time.

hmm.  this crayon doesn't seem to work either.

what the heck, mom?

ahh, yes.  i see it.  (what is she talking about?)

i'll just keep painting.  maybe she'll pipe down.

La Resistance Lives On: Crayon Watercolor Resist

OK, enough with the vacation posts!  We are still easing our way back into home after a summer chock full of traveling.  And given that mom seems to be tiring of dragging all of us all over the place, we have picked back up on some of our crafting.  Earlier this week, while Kane was still napping (I have now given up my morning nap, but much to mom's dismay, I am not taking a longer afternoon nap.  Sucker), mom and I tried out a variation on the many crayon watercolor resist projects out there (like this and this).  We didn't want to make it too complicated, given that I am 16 months old, so we stuck to regular crayons and a watercolor palette (even though lots of people recommend liquid watercolors for toddlers, I tend to just dump those out.  so the palettes work best for me -- mom just makes sure to get enough water on the little color pads for me).  I liked this one at first, but then I just really wanted to dump the water onto the page (after I tried to eat the paint, of course).  Turns out that made for a pretty cool painting, but I think this one will go back into the hopper for when we are a bit older.  I did get to do some fingerpainting for a little bit though, which is always nice and messy.

(mom had just gotten started)