bright 3-D set

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Today, I painted an outrageously bright 3-D set. Originally, it was going to be just one painting-a light brown window looking out at a cloud, the sun, and a tree, but it didn't work out too well. Here is what you need:

white painting paper                                                                     4 paint colors
paintbrushes                                                                               small water bowl

Dip a paintbrush into the water, then the paint. Paint the entire paper with the color. This is color 1 in stage 1. Paint a square on the paper in a different color-color 2 in stage 2. In another color, paint a rhombus over the square, which will be color 3 in stage 3. Lastly, in a fourth color, paint another rhombus at the square's side as color 4 in stage 4. Set that aside to dry. On your next painting, put color 4 in stage 1, color 1 in stage 2, color 2 in stage 3, and color 3 in stage 4. Set that aside to dry, then do another painting with color 3 in stage 1, color 4 in stage 2, color 1 in stage 3, and color 2 in stage 4. This is where I stopped because I didn't have enough time, but you can go on to color 2 in stage 1, color 3 in stage 2, color 4 in stage 3, and color 1 in stage 4, if you like.

Other Ideas
If you want, you can go even farther, and think of other combinations of stages and colors. You could also make a chart of your set, like the one below.

                       color 1 color 2  color 3  color 4  color 1  color 2  color 3  color 4
            stage 1   *                                                                                        *
            stage 2               *                                      *
            stage 3                            *                                     *
            stage 4                                         *                                     *

                       color 1 color 2  color 3  color 4  color 1  color 2  color 3  color 4
            stage 1                            *                                     *
            stage 2                                         *                                     *

            stage 3   *                                                                                        *

            stage 4               *                                     *

Any 3 dimensional figure would work for this project, but you are the creator of your own masterpiece, so you get to decide which road it travels on!