Artistic Beginnings

This week at Griffin's preschool, a group has come by to teach them artistic beginnings. It is kind of over their heads but pretty neat. Yesterday they did a lesson on Edgar Degas and how he uses motion in his art. That didn't go so well. Griffin's teacher said that at first he refused to make the project. Then he sat back in his chair and informed her that he would do it but he would throw it away as soon as he got home. Not sure why he was so adamant against it. Today went much better. This is a picture of the sculpture project he made. He was very into it. He explained the rocks were like the alley behind our house. I asked him a little bit about which artist they talked about today and he did not know. Luckily they send home a sheet of paper about who they cover. My guess was right...it was Claude Monet.