Color play

When I can remember to, I like to set up a water color painting station for the kids as a calming transition/redirecting activity.  The instructions is not to paint but to okay with the colors.  Our isle and paint pallets are completely brown afterwards.  But who cares if that's how they are able to self discover the blending of colors.  We do alot of art in this house with little instructions and without intention of the pressure of turning into a masterpiece.  I save it all though with the intention that as they grow I can make a time line book of how they grow artistically.