This past week we studied artist Paul Klee. Klee came from a musical family. His father was a church organist. Klee played the violin. He later decided to pursue art. Klee's wife taught piano lessons in their home while he worked on his art at his kitchen table. He did not have an art studio in his first house so many of his paintings and drawing were small due to the size of his kitchen table. Klee often combined combined colorful paintings with line drawings so that's exactly what we did last week. The children first produced line drawings and then filled them in with watercolors. Also, I really wanted the children to have the opportunity to create sculptures so we also combined that activity with our Klee study last week. The children took various materials that one might use for a collage. All of the art projects looked wonderful.
The boys are getting lots of fine motor practice these days. I hope that they've discovered a love for art and various art forms. We've covered a lot of artists in a short amount of time but hopefully they'll be able to use what they've learned later on in life.
Holly shared a funny story with me last week about Bennett. Bennette has an Aunt Candace and he told Holly that some people paint on Candace. He was certain because "Nanny" taught him about an artist that threw paint on Candace. Obviously, he was confusing Candace with canvas. I thought it was such a cute story and I'm happy that he remembered something about Jackson Pollock.
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Paul and I both laughed out loud reading this post. Thank you so much for giving Bennett the chance to explore art so freely and for providing a way for him to work on his fine-motor skills without realizing he is "working". :) That is as it should be. :)
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