We are on our third artist from Great American Artists for Kids - Gilbert Stuart. Stuart was a portrait painter of the New World. He painted many of the key players and founding fathers of new America. One of his most famous paintings is that of George Washington.
We started our art lesson by reading about Gilbert Stuart and writing a notebook page for her artist notebook.
We added him to our timeline.
The art project was to draw a portrait of any person and color it with crayons.
My sweetie drew a picture of me-the best mom :)
After drawing and coloring her portrait, J was supposed to crumple it up and then flatten it out. Then, she was to paint a thin black wash over the painting. We had several mishaps with this art project though. First, J chose a type of off white drawing paper instead of white printer paper or art paper. The paper, as you can see from the left hand corner, actually soaked up the black paint. Second, I think the black wash was too thick. When we washed it over with the black, I was worried that we ruined the drawing (which I think is super sweet). But, after awhile, the painting dried and ended up looking ok.
This art project then prompted another....
J drew and colored a complete set of family portraits. I love them! I am planning on framing them for the family room, I think.
This one is my son Josh with his beard. Loving it! This time, though, no black wash and no crumpling. These are definitely keepers. Another great artist and another great project.
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