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In 1st grade we have just finished our drawings of von Eckenbrecher's Summer on the Ljingen-Fjord, and are now moving on to a fascinating work of art by the 19th century American artist Thomas Cole, The Titan's Goblet, which imagines a mythical landscape that has been shaped by a tremendously large goblet left behind by a Titan long ago. The students were awestruck by the sight of tiny villages and forests along the rim of the goblet, as well as a lake with ships formed within the goblet itself. In kindergarten, we have begun working on a drawing of the 19th century American artist Albert Bierstadt called Mount Hood, which is a painting of the mountain by that name in the state of Oregon. This is, for most of the scholars, their first attempt at a complex landscape painting, and we have begun sketching the lower hills and forest below Mt. Hood during our first week. We will begin sketching the upper cliffs in the later part of this week and then moving on to the mountain itself. As always, I am incredibly grateful to be able to see the beautiful art that our scholars are able to produce. Comments are closed.
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February 2019
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