The French artist, Paul Cezanne, thought his painting of an ordinary apple would make art history. He was right, it did! His paintings of what was considered ordinary subject matter made people take a second look. Here’s a look at one:
www.paulcezanne.org
Inspired by apples, Cezanne, Rosh HaShanah and the pleasures of liquid tempera paint, our younger students painted apples last week in art class. First, we observed with our eyes, our hands and even our noses. What colors do we see? Is it round….or? What makes this look like an apple? How do we show that with paint?
As we enter this new Jewish year and beginning of the school year, I hope we can think like artists: Look at what is around you. What do you see? What do you find beautiful? What do you find interesting? How do we express that? How do we celebrate the “ordinary”?
Here are some of the many beautiful paintings completed by our first and second graders:
Shanah Tovah!
Gev. Porat
What a fantastic post – and such a thoughtful connection to this season and the New Year!
I especially appreciate learning the background behind the “apple pictures”, and seeing some examples of what the students created. I would love to have heard the observations and thoughts students shared in response to your questions, and their reflections on how their techniques allowed them to “show it in paint”.
Thank you for sharing the connection and background, Rena!