Wet On Wet Painting...Red

What Is Red?

Red is a sunset

Blazy and bright.

Read is a feeling brave

With all your might

Red is a sunburn

Spot on your nose, sometimes red

Is a red, red, rose.

Red squiggles out

When you cut your hand.

Red is a brick and a rubber band.

Read is a hotness

You get inside

When you’re embarrassed

And want to hide.

Firecracker, fire engine

Fire-flicker red---

And when you/re angry

Red runs through your head.

Read is an Indian,

A Valentine heart,

The trimming on

A circus cart.

Red is a lipstick,

Red is a shout,

Red is a signal

That says: ”Watch out!”

Red is a great big

Rubber ball.

Red is the giant-est

Color of all.

Red is a show-off

No doubt about it----

But can you imagine

Living without it?

From the book, Hailstones and Halibut Bones by Mary O’Neill

This morning Abigail and Henry had their first experience with wet on wet painting and without a doubt they absolutely loved it, and I have to admit so did I! In true Waldorf fashion we started with just one color and today that was red. After I finished my painting I read the poem "What is Red? from Hailstones and Halibut Bones by Mary O'Neill and then we talked about all the Red things we could think of. Everything from juicy red ripe strawberries to autumn leaves and everything we could think of in between!