I love fine art. I love museums and I kinda like taking my kids
there. Ok I love exposing them to art but honestly I wish I
could take them to museums for a quick zip through then send
them off with their dad to get ice cream while I soak it all in
at my speed ( which is normally fast but in an art museum I am a
turtle, a lethargic one at that). Luckily one way to expose kids
to fine art day to day is through books. We have a coffee table
book that we flip through daily and we all have our favorites.
The other day I caught my son pretending to shoot at this
painting by Jasper Johns. I suggested we make our own and he
skipped off to the kitchen to do just that. - Gather your
materials. You will need some white paper, red paper and if you
want another sheet of card stock to make it sturdy enough to
throw things at. Also some round objects like jar lids to make
the rings if you aren’t talented enough to make them free hand (
I am most certainly not, even with the lids I did it twice),
blue and yellow markers, gl