Art Museum

We took a day off "school" and went to the Westmoreland Museum of American Art along with our fellow homeschooling friends, the McQueen's. There was very limited areas where photography was permitted, and I was not able to use a flash. Still, I think the shots turned out nice without flash, and hand held.

There are scavenger hunt back packs for the kids to use and learn about portraits, still life, and landscape.

Finding George Washington was one of their first tasks

Then reading about the artist and the painting

and answer questions

such as the artist, title...

one of the more thought provoking questions was "What do you think happens next?" This was the painting in question. Its hard to see in the photo, but the angel? has a cupid type arrow, and there are men in armour to the right

Rylan's drawing of what happened next portrays an angel, who has a magic wand to save the man

Brayden thinks there is a dagger, and a bloody sword fight

Next they used a mirror included in their backpacks to create a self portrait

All done!

Its Brayden!

At this point, the boys needed a break. What better way to take a break than a game of Rock, Paper, Scissors?

We saved the Kid's area for last, and it was fun. The current theme was Circus in Art

The kids got right to work making mom Valentines :)

It was a fun trip! While visiting, I applied for an Art Camp scholarship for Brayden. It takes place this June, and the theme week for which we applied is "Eco Art"- nature art, and recycled material art with a field trip to the local Nature Reserve. I think Brayden would love it.