Well, we finished our pinch pots today. The pots had several weeks to dry since we were off so we were able to paint them today. They look great!
We learned about Vincent Van Gogh today. We used paint and shaving cream to recreate our own renditions of Van Gogh's "Starry Night" painting. The paintings looked much like the marble paintings that we did a few weeks ago.
We talked a little more about how colors make us feel. Van Gogh's favorite color was yellow because is made him feel hopeful. From what we read, he needed a lot of hope because he often felt sad. The son of a pastor, he spent part of his life as a preacher among other jobs. It was said that he lacked self-confidence. Allyson asked if Van Gogh knew Jesus. We talked about it and I think that we all agreed that he probably, like so many, spent most of his life trying to find the love and acceptance of the Father in things that he did. He eventually took his own life (not something that we discussed in class). His 800 paintings did not became popular until after his death.
We missed Syan today. She was out with Strep throat. We hope that you feel better soon, Sy! Hopefully, we will all be back together next week.
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Andrew asked me what "suicide" was....KIDDING! Great picture of him. Did he enjoy the shaving cream? I did it that with him the other day at the house and he didn't act like he liked it, but he has asked about 10 times since then to do that. Can't wait to see his art work!
:-) We did not actually play in the shaving cream this time. We smoothed it out with a tool and painted on top of it.
I'll post a few pictures of the art work online. Anyway, I thought it was fun!
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