.
.
.
Dallas Museum of Art began their homeschool classes sometime last year. Each class focuses on different genres or artists. Today in the Museum galleries and in the studio we spent time focusing on still life paintings. We looked at different still life paintings to learn about how artists depict various still life subjects and how still life paintings differ from other genres.
This is J.C., the DMA’s Coordinator of Family Programs, giving us a little background on the1620's Still Life and Landscape by Dutch artist Abraham Hendricksz van Byeren. Following group discussions, the students journaled their thoughts on what took place just prior to the still life. Strangely, Abigail's story had a Percy Jackson /Poseidon twist to it!
Later they took a look at a Picasso and how his still lifes were very different than your traditional stills. The kids sketched one of the sculptures from various angles, and then J.C. put it together in a cubist style similar to Picasso.
In the studio, we set up our own still life arrangements and used oil pastels to draw it. I could not pass up blank paper and oil pastels! If you get a chance visit the DMA’s interactive website Arturo’s Art Stories.
This is J.C., the DMA’s Coordinator of Family Programs, giving us a little background on the1620's Still Life and Landscape by Dutch artist Abraham Hendricksz van Byeren. Following group discussions, the students journaled their thoughts on what took place just prior to the still life. Strangely, Abigail's story had a Percy Jackson /Poseidon twist to it!
Later they took a look at a Picasso and how his still lifes were very different than your traditional stills. The kids sketched one of the sculptures from various angles, and then J.C. put it together in a cubist style similar to Picasso.
In the studio, we set up our own still life arrangements and used oil pastels to draw it. I could not pass up blank paper and oil pastels! If you get a chance visit the DMA’s interactive website Arturo’s Art Stories.
No comments:
Post a Comment