Hi Boys and Girls! Welcome back to the Parsha Studio!
This week’s Parsha tells us an interesting story. There was a king in the town Midyan named Balak that did not like the Jewish people. Balak decided to pay lots of money to a friend named Bilam convincing him to go and curse the Jewish People.
On his way, Bilams donkey started to talk and made lots of trouble for Billam so that he would get confused and won’t curse the Jewish people. In the end, Bilam was so mixed up and ended up singing praises to the Jewish people. These praises are known as Ma Tovu, one of the daily prayers in the siddur.
Did you know you can use shaving cream to add a fun twist to Suminagashi, the Japanese art of paper marbling? Suminagashi is all about creating beautiful, marbled paper by dropping ink onto the water and then placing paper on top to lift the ink. It’s super cool and can make vibrant patterns that look like anything from a bullseye to a topographical map. So, today we will use it to create a field background for Bilam’s donkey. The resulting canvas can be used as a background for paintings or illustrations, or as artwork on its own. Instead of using water, you mix ink (like liquid watercolors or food coloring) with shaving cream to create beautiful designs on paper. This method is a toss-up of water perfect for letting your creativity flow without worrying about special paper or drying space!
Supplies:
· Permanent Markers: Black, Silver, Dark Green & Blue
· A Scraping Tool (You Can Use a Piece of Cardboard)
· Liquid Watercolor: Green, Blue & Yellow (or Food Coloring)
· Donkey Template
· Pen and Pencil
· Shaving Cream
· Canvas
· Thin Stick
· Big Tray
· Pipettes
Link to specialty items:
Link to printed template:
https://www.jcm.museum/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Parsha-Studio-Balak-Donkey.pdf
Supplies for next week:
· Aleph-Bet cookie cutters for the word Mizrach (Mem, Zayin, Resh, Ches)
· Paint: Purple and Green
· Bleeding Tissue Paper
· Medium Size Paintbrush
· Small Size paintbrush
· Cup of Water
· Canvas
We would love to see how your Project turned out! Tag the @jewishchildrensmuseum on social media, or WhatsApp 718-907-8861. Don’t forget to like and subscribe!
