Monday, January 27, 2014

History + Art = WOW!

Let me just start by saying, art is certainly not my strong point!  We have recently taken a look at Rembrandt, a great portrait painter, so were inspired to bring a bit of this creativity to our history lessons.  We had fun following some online instructions (here) in our attempt to capture the visage of our first President.  Judge kindly...
Marian's
Ellie's

Mine!
Andrew's
And then, in "meeting" John James Audubon and in watching the Tufted Titmice out our window, we were inspired again.
Ellie's
Andrew's

Marian's
The kids were much more pleased with their bird sketches, but I'm proud of them all.
And we're all proud of Reagan's, below.  He titles this one, "Swirlies".

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