Impressive Art

Boo drew this. She said she worked on it for quite some time. I am so impressed.

Nana
This is where she used oil pastels to color it in.

We definitely have an artist in the family.

The Birth of Impressionism

We were off to Nashville! The girls & I went into the city yesterday to see the Impressionism exhibit. It was amazing! I was a bit nervous about finding it & finding parking as I am by no means a city driver. Thank God for the GPS!

Walking up the hill from the parking lot.

Here it is!

We weren't allowed to take photos inside so we took a few before going in.

After walking through the exhibit for almost 2 hours we were full of new knowledge & appreciation.

Upon discovering that there was an upstairs we decided to investigate. There was an exhibit of photographs & an area for hands on fun & discovery.

The girls set to work making print art.

First they drew a design on plain paper. After that was done they took a tool & traced their designs onto a piece of foam.

Rolling paint over the foam print.

Crank it through the press!

Her turn!

I forgot to take a picture of their final prints. I will add that later.

Boo wanted to try out the digital film making. You were able to set up 20 scenes. After you set up each one you took a picture. The button for it is right there on the box. You could then choose whether to keep the photo or delete it.

Setting up another scene.

After you had all 20 photos taken you pressed another button & it all came together in a mini movie. We got a huge kick out of Boo's movie!

We took a quick tour through the photography exhibit & then headed out. Parking was adding up fast!

Once outside I saw this beautiful building. I had to take a moment to get a snapshot.

I'm not sure if it was a church but it reminded me of one. One day I'd love to take a trip & photograph churches all around the country.

On a warm day this would be a perfect spot to dine.

The girls indulged me with this photo. LOL!

The view of the building from the parking lot.

Payment for parking had to be made to a machine. It was acting up but we finally managed to get it to take our money. It gave us our change in dollar coins. We were all kind of fascinated with them.

The fire was lit! Boo spent the rest of the afternoon pouring over art books. I picked these up back in MA at a library book sale. I miss those!

P.S. After seeing some of the same paintings in our books we realized the photos don't even come close to seeing them in person. I had guessed but it was amazing to see what a huge difference it was!

Primeval Reptiles

Our science chapter for these past 2 weeks were about Primeval Reptiles. It was very interesting full of things I've never learned before. I read the chapter aloud to the children as I do each time. Boy were those names tongue twisters! The Biblical view of Apologia is refreshing. Our children are learning about the glory of our Creator in every lesson.

Elvis' drawing of a Mosasaur.

Nothosaur under the ocean.

Boo Bear's Drawings

More of Boo Bear's drawings

Boo's Nothosaurus

Plesiosaur

Ichthyosaur

Mossasaur

I was impressed with their drawings & how much of the chapter they remembered. I admit it was really fascinating learning about these animals from long ago & how much scientists still don't know about them.

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**Some of the spellings were different online than in the book. I used both in this post

Chihuly at Cheekwood

Cheekwood extended the Chihuly exhibit. Fortunately for us they included it in their "Community Free Day". How exciting! I was dragging but didn't want to miss this opportunity of a lifetime. Sweet Pea had been asking to go & when I saw the free day posted we HAD to go. It was cloudy with the threat of rain but God held the rain off. Thank you, Father!

For those of you who aren't familiar with this exhibit & artist click here & here. It's all blown glass & simply amazing.

Saffron Tower

Cattails

Silvered Purple Herons

Boat

"Chihuly first filled boats with glass in Nuutajarvi, Finland, during the 1995 Chihuly Over Venice project. He often tossed glass into the river, letting it float downstream. Local teenagers in small wooden rowboats gathered them and it was probably then that he conceived the idea for a new type of installation."

I wish I could have taken a picture with no people around but that was kind of impossible. Lol!

We thought this rock looked really cool. What do you see?

Niijima Floats

The Sun

Yellow Herons

Part of "Mille Fiori"

All of "Mille Fiori"

The view while walking down from the Museum of Art.

Follow the footprints

Blue Polyvitro Crystals

My photos don't quite do these amazing works of art justice but I hope they gave you some idea of what they are like in person. They looked like jewels & were breathtaking.

I love these moments we have as homeschoolers to pack up at a moments notice & see things like great works of art. If we had been locked into a schedule we would have completely missed this opportunity.