Gg Paul Gauguin

I am so sorry to be a week behind. I was having some computer issues. We'll get all caught up by the weekend. Today we talked about Paul Gauguin (1848-1903). Gauguin spent significant time in Tahiti where he painted the people and scenes there. We made our own Gauguin island scenes today and I absolutely LOVE how they turned out. They did a great job.

Ee Egg Tempera

Today we made paint out of egg yolks and pigment, known as egg tempera. Egg tempera is one of the oldest mediums of painting said to date back to prehistoric times. The kids separated their own eggs, and mixed their own pigment. We got some rich colors, and made some great work that will be displayed at the Spring Salon. My dog totally ate one of the paintings while they were drying. Sorry about that, it will for sure get redone.

Ee Elephant environment and EXERCISE!

Today we learned about and made Elephant Environments . Did you know that an adult Elephant will eat 300-600 pounds of food per day!!!??? Isn't that nuts? We also continued talking about Exercise, and because of lots of BEGGING, we did Exercise instead of our last project. Hopefully we can fit it in tomorrow. Here is a slide show of the Exercising going on.

This photo just had to be on its own. "Boy in Flight"

Ee Edvard Munch

The Scream

Today we talked about the mystery of this awesome painting by Edvard Munch (1863-1944).  We made our own page of things that make us scream (cut out from newspaper ads).  The top things that made the kids scream were:

limes, make up, jewelry, more make up, race cars, video games, more make up, couches, new shoes, broccoli, and lip stick.

(My apologies to the little chicken that found a bra and undies ad.  I thought I had those all taken out.) 

Lava Girl!

One of my darling little girls announced that her mother had changed her name to Lava Girl! "So you need to call me that now, and I have to write it on my papers." She then asked me how to spell Lava Girl, and she wrote it on the next couple of sheets she worked on. I love my job!

Rr Rococo

Today we talked about Rococo, an 18th century highly decorative French interior style. In Rococo, fancy is IT! Everything was silver, gold, and swirly, and very ornate.
We made our own Rococo rooms at The Studio, complete with glitter, Rococo style; furniture, frescoes, chandelier, and paintings, by one of the most well known Rococo artist Jean-Honore Fragonard (1732-1806)

Rr Rectangular Rainbow Reflective Really Rad Robots!