Pointillism

Today we read one of our favorite books, Katie's Sunday Afternoon by James Mayhew. This is an adorable series of books about a little girl, Katie, who goes to the gallery and hops in and out of famous paintings and gets into all kinds of mischief. They are so much fun and so cleverly manage to introduce young children to fine art and artists. Today we read the information at the end of the book discussing the type of art exemplified in the book, Pointillism. I had an idea and the kids went for it - they love art projects of any kind! I drew simple outlines of something they chose and then we used marker (not paints, like the original Pointillists) to fill in our pictures with little dots. It was lots of fun and I think they turned out well.