Talking About ART

Students have been practicing talking about art in art class! First we watched a video called "the Umbrellas" by NickJr.  In the video two girls go to a museum and go into their favorite painting. They talk about what they see in the painting, blue umbrellas, an empty basket, and a little girl that looks like she could go to their school.

Then students looked at a calendar picture of artwork and discussed it with a partner. They looked for the elements of art in the picture, and what they thought the picture was about. They also discussed why the artist might have painted the painting and if they liked it or not, and why. They did a great job of talking about famous artworks and soon they will be talking about their own work in the same way!