Painting with spices allows students to paint and explore a new 'art' material with no boundaries. This was an open-ended activity with no expected final result which gives students opportunity to explore different ideas and draw/paint from personal experience. We started the lesson with a picture talk (Art Appreciation), observing and discussing the painting of Stuart Davis, "Picture of a town". Looking at an abstract painting of a town was a great way to spark discussion of favorite places, personal impressions, memories and understand how different people find different places important and meaningful.In this art lesson, students practiced how to represent real places and objects through variety of lines, shapes and symbols.While students worked independently, they were encouraged to move, share and smell the spices, talk about personal favorite places, favorite spices, favorite food, flavors and cultures.
