Discovering Great Artists

We had our first art lesson last week from our new book Discovering Great Artists, and oh my, this book is the best. We dove into the Renaissance era learning about Giotto di Bondone. He had a very interesting start to his career - from sheep herder to master artist (with a few years in between). Giotto would generally paint with was egg tempera on wood panels. He was also known for painting people who appeared three dimensional rather than flat. As seen here. After our lesson the kids ground up chalk and mixed it with egg whites to create their paint. Here is their final result.

I'm loving this book so much I'm already scheming on how I could teach an art class at our co-op next year (which would help offset our tuition cost). However there is already an incredible art teacher, so we'll see! Next up...Jan van Eyck's triptych!