Art: No Hearts; No Smiley Faces

The girls have started a painting unit in the easel room.  They will paint a series of opposites using line, shape, color, and texture to express the feelings.  They started with "scared" and "safe".  They discussed when they feel these feelings and then how they could show these feelings without using pictures of familiar things (like hearts and smiley faces). 

Here's a record of our discussion:

Here's a glimpse in process: