by Elaine Luther | Nov 3, 2020 | Arts and Crafts for Kids
The 91 year old artist was born March 22, 1929 in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. In her long career, she has also made sculpture, films, avant-garde fashion, and nearly everything involves dots. To learn more about her, here’s a terrific article, with lots of photos,...
by Elaine Luther | Nov 2, 2020 | Arts and Crafts for Kids
Alma Woodsey Thomas’ paintings look like they’re a mosaic, from a distance, but in reality they’re paintings made of painted shapes. These painted shapes make up the abstract images she painted. Her paintings have names that reference what she was...
by Elaine Luther | Nov 2, 2020 | Arts and Crafts for Kids
Learn about Mary Cassatt, American Impressionist painter, and choose one of two art projects inspired by impressionism. Here’s a fun one: draw with pastels, a favorite art medium of the Impressionists, on Shrink Plastic, then bake it!...
by Elaine Luther | Oct 12, 2020 | Arts and Crafts for Kids
I love the vibrant art of Sonia Delaunay, who was inspired by music and this idea that by using contrasting colors next to each other, she could create paintings that looked like they have movement to them. We call that visual movement. She did oil paintings, and also...
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