Eden and Tom have planned a series of experiences to introduce the preschool children to different artists and explore visual art techniques such as painting, drawing and collage. The children have chosen to investigate children's book illustrators who use paint and collage such as Eric Carle, Leo Leonie, Neil Edmundson & Charlie Sutton.Currently they are exploring the work of Eric Carle. They gathered all of the books from the centre illustrated by Eric Carle and discussed the images in the books. Each child was asked to select a favourite illustration.

The educator asked the children how Eric Carle might have created his artwork - the children responded with ideas such as painting, colouring-in, drawing and printing. Next the children watched several videos made by Carle that demonstrate the step-by-step techniques he uses to create his work. Over several weeks the children have recreated these steps and have now produced some amazing artwork.The children have asked if they can send Eric Carle their pictures. What the children said:'We watched a video.''First we had to do lots of painting and printing so we could get our paper.''We made colours like Eric Carle showed us.''We did experimenting'.'We used tissue paper and tracing paper.''We had to let the paint dry and then put more paint on'.'I made patterns with a sponge and a toothbrush'. 'We had to draw and trace and cut and paste.

It was a lot of work and took a long, long time.''I painted a sun with crunched up plastic. I didn't know you could do that!' By exploring and creating artworks with children, educators can share the techniques and meaning making potential of drawing, painting, sculpture/craft, and multimedia (Dinham and Chalk, 2018; Wright, 2012). Source: Fine arts (emergent literacy) Literacy Teaching Toolkit

a. Explain why the experience is an example of a creative process that includes ways of thinking, experimenting, imagining, understanding, expressing, wondering, hypothesising, making and doing.