Studying American History, I had decided it would be a good time to study American Artists. We are using Great American Artists for Kids for our base curriculum. Our artist for the week was Mary Cassatt.
We started by reading about Mary Cassatt. I had found several books from a thrift store that were about Mary's paintings. J filled an artist page for her notebook.
One project that I found was from Harrington Harmonies (link below) to make Cassatt hats. This was a simple project using construction paper and oil pastels.
She created a pattern onto the hat with the pastels.
This is her finished Cassatt hat. She added cat ears at the top of her hat. She thought these were cute.
Mary Cassatt was known for her paintings of Mothers and Children. Another simple project was for J to re-create a picture of a mother and child. J actually didn't choose a mother/child picture but a big sister/little brother picture.
I love how she has put Keke's hair intoner face which is typically where she wears it. IT is very Impressionistic, isn't it? Two great projects to add to her art notebook. I am looking forwards to next week's artist - a quilter! See you soon.
Links
Harrington Harmonies - has a cute project of making Cassatt hats. These look so cute.
Art for Small Hands - has a simple project of drawing mothers and children.
Contented at Home - has a few links to free note booking pages as well as information on Mary Cassatt herself.
Making Art Fun - has a free printable bio page on Mary Cassatt, if you can't get to the library:)
Shower of Roses - has a cute project for Cassatt, making hats with designs. Simple, easy.
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