As part of Calen's high school curriculum, he needs to take half a credit of art class. We elected to take a general "exploration in art" class, so that we didn't have to be restricted to a specific medium of art.
I'm a huge fan of fall arts and crafts, so I tried to find a fun non-Halloweenie type fall art project for bigger kids. I found a neat fall tree painting on Pinterest that teaches perspective.
Well, clearly I'm not sophisticated enough to know good art when I see it, because it turns out this art is a famous piece, called "Avenue of the Poplars", by Vincent Van Gogh.
Well, the more you know.
I put the photo up on our Echo Show and taught the boys a bit about perspective, how the road looks like it's getting farther away, and how to use watercolors and paint the background first.
Look, this was more of a fake it till you make it teaching moment, but it worked.
I think the boys actually did quite a great job of it.
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| Calen's Van Gogh |
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| Camden's Van Gogh |
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