Nov 19 - Michelangelo

Today we learned about the painter and sculptor Michelangelo.  We looked at a few pictures of his most famous work, the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.  We learned that it took him 4 years to complete and that he did the whole thing while lying on his back!  For our activity we drew pictures while lying on our backs.

Nov 12 - John Constable

Today we learned about painter John Constable.  He was one of the best known landscape artists of his time.  Our activity was a cloudscape.  This didn't work out as well as planned and ended up being somewhat of a bust for our short class time.  But they still had fun painting the "clouds".

Nov 5 - Auguste Rodin

Today we learned a little bit about sculptor Auguste Rodin.  Rodin made his statues of metal and carved stone, but we made our masterpieces with clay.  The kids had a good time using their special carving tools on the clay.  They were able to bring home the clay to harden their statues or continue making something new.