Lines, Color, and Stories in Art

Ian likes this painting, The Hunters in the Snow by Pieter Bruegel.

Ian and I attended a workshop at the Palmer Art Museum.  We explored the Color My World: Color Photography from the Permanent Collection exhibition and then made a photo collage.  Also this month, we discussed how colors and lines are used in art, and how art can tell a story.

Pictures of the following paintings were used to discuss warm & cool colors, and emotions of colors.

• Hunters in the Snow by Bruegel
• Tahitian Landscape by Gauguin
• Blue Atmosphere by Frankenthaler
• Le Gourmet by Picasso

Pictures of the following artwork were used to discuss lines - thick & thin, patterns, and shape (straight, curved, zigzag, wavy).

• People and Dog in the Sun by Miro
• The Purple Robe by Matisse
• Tuning the Samisen by Hokusai

Pictures of the following paintings were used to discuss stories in art.

• Children's Games by Bruegel
• The Bath by Cassatt
• Snap the Whip by Homer
• Mother's Helper by Rivera
• The Banjo Lesson by Tanner

Books:  How Artists See the Weather by Carroll;  Lines by Yenawine;  Colors by Yenawine;  Shapes by Yenawine;  I Spy a Freight Train by Micklethwait

Reference Books:   What Your Kindergartner Needs to Know by Hirsch