Girl Scouts of Pamlico visit Bear Hands

The Girl Scout troop of Pamlico County visited our store on Sunday to earn their Painting Badges!

We did two projects with the scouts.

 Our first project was a collaborative mural. Each girl drew, designed, and painted a different section of a tree. The best part about this mural is that it never has to be finished! They can add to it any time with friends, family, other girl scouts, or on their own. All of the branches go off the page, so this tree filled with birds can continue to grow in any direction!

Next, we learned how to portray emotions my using colors and patterns. Each girl drew the face of an animal and then created emotion (energy, excitement, happiness) by using color and movement! In this "Hands on" experiment, they also discovered that you don't need traditional brushes to create beautiful paintings. Finger painting is not just for toddlers! The girls used their fingers to paint, and Q-tips for details and texture. 

(and mom joined in for fun with her angry shark)

I was so proud of the awesome paintings that these girls created! They were such a blessing to work with!

~Hannah Mathiot
Art Teacher