We are trying to incorporate some art projects into our summer routine - as the kids have gotten older, we’ve kind of moved away from lots of painting activities, but I want them to have an appreciation of different styles of art and artists. Summer seems like a good time to play with paints.

I found a great book at the library called Picture This!: Activities and Adventures in Impressionism. It’s from a series called Art Explorers and (obviously) features a number of impressionists. The book has a number of different art activities based on the art of the different artists. Yesterday, we read about Monet and attempted pointillism: