This month our Little Hands art group met. The artist we were studying was Michelangelo. I prepared the lesson. 

First we read a little about him, his life, etc. We learned that while he was a great painter, he really preffered sculpting. The pope commissioned him later to paint the Sistene chapel, which he did-reluctantly. it took him 4 years to complete the ceiling. The technique he used is called Fresco. It is a method where you apply paint to wet plaster. The two dry together and form brillant colors.

His other famous art works were David, Peita, and Moses.

We simulated a sistene chapel feel by taping paper under tables and letting the kids draw.

Then we had them sculpt their own statues. (Marble holds up much better than soap. We did have fun, but it was quite a mess.)

This is a sculpting of Michelangelo, and how he felt about having to

spend so much of his life working for the pope.

Don't laugh, It's mine

A fish

A Car

A Squirrel holding a nut..(Look Hard)