Montclair Art Museum 05/20/09

Today we went to the Montclair Art Museum (http://www.montclairartmuseum.org) for a class on texture and patterns. Miss Peg took us on a tour of the Native American exhibit (lots of texture and pattern there), some sculpture, a relief sculpture, traditional landscape paintings, and abstract paintings. The kids were challenged to find the texture in all these items.

After taking the tour we went to the studio to make out own piece of art. Here is Miss Peg showing the kids how to build texture with oil pastels. Don't be afraid to get in there and really layer it on.








B working on his drawing. My perfectionist started with pencil so that it would be just the way he wanted before outlining with black oil pastel and applying color.














M with her completed outline. She leaped right into the project.