Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Still lives

A couple weeks ago, two little girls came asking for an art project. Really? Does it get any better than that?

Neither of them had ever done a still life before, so I began by finding a few different examples online. I really wanted them to see that they didn't have to be representational. I think it's so important that kids understand there is no doing it "wrong" with art.

A simple set-up and some oil pastels were all that was needed. Their work, of course, was amazing! And I love that they both added in apples even though there wasn't one in the still life. Creative license at work!

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Chiara's still life

Anna's first still life
You'll notice Anna went back to her stage name, Lavender, to sign her work!

2 comments:

Leslie said...
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Leslie said...

This is great! I love childrens artwork. Kids don't overfocus on trying to be perfect or get things 'just so' - it's more an expression of how they feel about what they are drawing and/or how they feel about drawing, about expressing themselves. Free, happy and totally untethered. Give Lavinder my love. ;)