The holidays are coming up and people get to spend more time at home with friends and loved ones. Do you like to spend time at home? What do you like to do when you are home?
This work of art is called “At Home.” Take a closer look at it. Do you see a house? What is the weather like? Tell someone you are with what you would do if you could visit the home in this print.
Clarence W. Bolton (American, 1893 – 1962), “At Home,” n.d. Lithograph. 9 3/8 × 12 3/8 inches. Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Gift of Martha Fort Prince in memory of Frank Hartley Anderson. GMOA 2008.33.
Now it is your turn to make a little home. Who will live in it?
For this activity you will need:
- a cardboard or wooden box (or an unfinished birdhouse)
- paint
- palette (use a plate or a piece of cardboard)
- paintbrushes
directions:
- Cover your work surface with newspaper or kraft paper for easy clean-up.
- Squeeze several colors of paint onto the palette.
- Cover the house with paint.
- Together paint windows and a door, if the young artist approves.
- Talk together about who lives in the home and why they like living there.
