Helen Frankentaler

Helen Frankentaler

The art of staining

She was born in 1928 in the USA

Gualba

New York

She was an abstract expressionist artist

She got famous with her painting "Mountains and Sea"

What do you see?

She used a technique called soak stains

Summer scene

She used watery oil paint and let it flow freely through the canvas,

"There are no rules. This is how art is born"

Today we'll paint like Helen Frankentaler!

Materials:

• White construction paper.
• Yellow, cyan and magenta watery paint.

• Soft pastels
• Markers (optional)
• Straws
• Droppers

Instructions

1. Work as a team. Decide what you want to express.
2. Prepare the paint: add some water on it.
3. Decide the colors you will use.
4. Soak a straw in your paint and let it drop on the paper.
5. Blow through the straw on the drop.
6. Repeat with another colour.

Variations

• You can add the paint with a dropper.
• You can wet the paper before adding paint.
• You can add some lines with a marker.
• You can water a soft pastel and add it.
• ...

Important

• Know when to STOP!

Finishing

• Arrange your paintings on a big, black paper.
• Think a name for your artwork.
• Write it on a sticker and stick it on the bottom right corner.

Let's start