We read a story that
introduced Mary Cassatt and her famous painting "Girl in a Blue
Chair". We learned about her as she was an American artist that lived
during the 1800's. She studied Impressionism and became an artist during a time
when it was unusual for a woman to do such things. We looked at some of her
paintings and talked a little about Impressionism and the color that she used.
We also learned that she made Monoprints. We made a monoprint of the "Girl
in the Blue Chair". Some of them were successful. Some were not. Then we
used colored pencils to color some pictures of some of her artwork.
Manchester, NH based fine arts program for homeschool students
