This year we are trying something new for art appreciation and we are doing picture studies. After much consideration I decided that the first artist we would study would be Maxfield Parrish because the books I found about him in their description stated that he was painter who painted many things that were of a mythical or magical nature and I thought that this kind of art would appeal to a 6 & 7 year old. I actually knew nothing about this artist myself but after looking through the art album I had purchased about him for our art study I realized that I had seen his work before and just never realized it. I love it when the things I get to do with the kids in school turns out to be something that I can also enjoy and learn from as well. The work of his that we are studying this week is The Reluctant Dragon.
The Reluctant Dragon
illustration by Maxfield Parrish
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