Stories in Art: Everyday Life

Whew! We had quite a week. There is so much I want to share, as we've still been doing a lot lately; I just haven't had time to stop and report on it here. Let's begin catching up with last Sunday's trip to the National Gallery, shall we?

{waiting for the doors to open at 11 am}

I'd been looking forward to this particular session all summer because the book was one of my current favorites:

The theme was "Everyday Life," so the children looked at a painting of a village fair, read this book, and then were asked to draw an ordinary day of their own.

It was Henry's first experience with oil pastels. He loved them.

We stopped off at the cafe to get some gelato before going home.

{the view of the fountain from where we were sitting}

Since we had attended three of the sessions in the summer series, Henry received a "prize" - a sketchbook, stickers, and a set of colored pencils - in a canvas drawstring bag. (Your tax dollars at work, folks!)