Apr. 27, 2008 - Art Review

I wanted to share that my boys have used the Gee Art online program for art appreciation and have loved it.  They have been through all sections and have gone back and done many two times.  It is well designed with great animations and the information is presented with kid appeal.  I found myself hanging around just to see what they were going to do next. 

Since we have finished this program I have been researching artists for us to study.  First it was Leonardo DaVinci and now we are on Pablo Picasso.  I had the boys use one section of their spiral bound notebook for art history.  I printed off 5 x 7 paintings for them to tape into their books then I read to them about the artist.  They had to write down facts about the artist and then words that described how the painting made them feel.  I had to help them alot with spelling. 

We have also been working on narrating after reading.  I am trying to teach the boys how to tell the story or paragraph back to me.  Who would have thought it would have been so hard for them?

Anyway, this week my goal is to have the boys compose a cubist style painting just like some of Picasso's work.  I plan on construction paper, glue and lots of paint being used.  I have a feeling my oldest wont want to create such abstract art but I'll ask him to try.