Last week's fall-themed art lesson was inspired by one of my favorite paintings, A Sunday on La Grande Jette by Georges Seurat, as well as THIS ART PROJECT I found on Pinterest. The children created fall trees using pointellism, a technique of painting in which small, distinct dots of pure color are applied in patterns to form an image. (Definition from Wikipidia.)
Image from The Art Institute of Chicago's website
The kids had so much fun creating leaves with tempera paint and cotton swabs. There were many groans of disappointment when it was time to put our art supplies away. Parent, if you're interested in seeing all of the class' most current artwork, please stop by! Our art is hanging up int he hallway of our building.
For those wondering about the hat that one of our artists is wearing, she earned enough U Bucks to purchase a "Cat in a Hat" coupon. More about our behavior/classroom economy system in another blog post!
