This week for art, we learned about expressionism. Basically it was a time period where artists based their artwork on feelings, emotions and ideas. I think this is one of my favorite artistic time periods!
So for our artwork, we used our book Get Into Art: Animals. We painted colorful sheep in the meadows. We talked about colors and how each color made us feel/which colors represented an emotion. We also brainstormed a list of emotions.
These books are really great to introduce the different mediums and projects for elementary students (as well as for us non art teachers).
Have you checked out these books as yet? Also, do you have any other art book recommendations for children? If so, leave a comment below, I’d love to read your thoughts!
