Picture Study

I have found some great books with large prints at our Half Priced Books.  We are studying Mary Cassatt and I got a book that has about 60 8″ x 10″ prints in it for $8.  I got a general book about Impressionists for $4.  I also got a Monet book from a library sale.

I think it is worth it to browse a used book store or Half Priced Books store.

I’ve found many books online at half.com or ebay for very little. I always look for ones with large pictures and very little text. The Van Gogh book I have  is fabulous and I paid $9 for it!

The way we generally do picture study is to use the painting as the backdrop on the computer for that week and I have 4×6 prints made for each child that they put into their Artist Photo Album where we label the picture w/ artist, title, date and anything they want to add. The big prints are FREE b/c I just downloaded and saved as a backdrop. I pay about 12 cents per print for their individual prints. I do think it’s easier to look at a larger one for actually studying the picture. 

HTH,

Christie