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Mona Lisa Gets All Gussied Up

Third grade artists have been learning about the art the famous Leonardo DaVinci.  DaVinci is part of our third grade curriculum, and we’ve done many projects based on DaVinci in the past…see them here.   And here!  And even here! This year we prettied up our Mona Lisa project, adding a crown and jewels.  And…ask […]

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Mona Lisa Triptych

Third grade artists have been learning about Leonardo daVinci and his famous Mona Lisa painting.  They were excited to learn daVinci’s trick of drawing eyes that seem to follow you around the room, and brainstormed lots of interesting ideas about what Mona Lisa might have been thinking about as she smiled mysteriously while her portrait […]

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Third Grade Mona Lisas

My third graders have been enjoying learning about the most famous painting in the world, Leonardo DaVinci’s Mona Lisa.  I’ve done many different versions of Mona Lisa in past years, including Mini Monas, Cat Monas, and even Giant Monas.  We’ve also imagined what Mona Lisa was thinking about and included her thoughts with our artwork. […]

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Really, Really Large Mona Lisas!

Fifth grade artists have been learning about the work of American artist Chuck Close.  They were interested to see the way C lose created his realistic portraits by painting colors and shapes in small grids or squares.  Fifth graders used a grid technique to create their own portrait of Davinci’s famous Mona Lisa, enlarging a […]