Great American Artists - Currier & Ives

This week, working through Great American Artists for Kids, our artists were Currier and Ives. An interesting fact about Currier and Ives is that their prints allowed American to own art. Before them, art was generally for the wealthy.

We learned about Currier and Ives by reading about them. J wrote a notebook page for the artists. We also added them to our timeline.

She wrote a notecard for our artist wall. She really liked the fact that they made art affordable for the common American. I thought the assembly line coloring of their prints was rather interesting.

The project suggested in the art book was to set up a coloring assembly line as they colored their prints. But I chose a project from Rainbow Skies and Fireflies(link below). It consisted of coloring a winter tree scene with markers.

Then she wet the bottom part of the paper and folded it over.

This created a neat reflection effect as if the trees were by the water.

The next project was a winter scene from Deep Space Sparkle (link below). J drew the tree using oil pastel and then added snow from white paint.

J's finished painting with her snowman and red person. (This strongly reminds me of Peter from the Snowy Day) Not a bad art day :) Hope you are having an awesome day.

Links

Deep Space Sparkle - has a winter scene art project that would be good for the Currier & Ives lesson.

Rainbow Skies and Fireflies - has a neat idea for a tree landscape using markers and water.

Deep Space Sparkle - has another project that I thought would be good for Currier & Ives, a barn scene to draw and paint.