I think we're settled in with our new schedule now enough to add our artist study.  I've chosen Vincent Van Gogh as our first artist, mainly because his painting, Starry Night, is one of my all-time favorites.  Last month when Dada and I got to spend a week in NYC, we went to the Museum of Modern Art where Starry Night hangs.  You can't believe how excited I was to get to see it in person.  I could have touched it! (but of course I didn't!).  I am such a lover of art.  I hope to at least pass on an appreciation of it to Ben.

The way we'll be doing our art study is by choosing the artist, reading a few books about the artist and his or her methods, and looking at examples of their art.  We like to play a game of  "can you find it" as often as we can.  While looking at the art work, I'll find an object and say, "I see a _______, can you find it?"  And then Ben finds it!  He loves this game and it helps us both look at the details of art work.

We'll also spend some time trying to mimic the theme or method of a couple of the pieces we've chosen to study.  I'll be sure to come back and share photos of Ben's art work when we get to that.

For now, here is a compilation of the Van Gogh art we'll be studying over the next 6 weeks.  Enjoy!