Arts Week!

I went out of town with my hubby yesterday. But while I was gone, Rachel and Abby learned about Matisse and painted a picture in the same style to go with the illustrations from Little Nino's Pizzeria, our current Five in a Row selection.


We are still learning about the Revolutionary War and last night after I got home, we read Buttons for General Washington and Sybil Ludington's Midnight Ride. Today we started Molly Pitcher: Young Patriot.

Thomas started making a chart of vertebrates and drew an example from each subgroup. He had a drawing lesson and we learned about Gainsborough today.

Thomas Gainsborough lived in the 18th century England. He was a famous portrait painter, even painting royalty. In some of his portraits, the landscape in the background is a major part of the painting. Thomas and Abby painted landscapes, then glued on small drawings of people.



For Five in a Row, Abby and I made menus for our pizza restaurant, Little Abby's Pizzeria, which we will probably open tomorrow. Only one more day of Arts Week!