Art Lesson: Snap the Whip by Winslow Homer

This week's art was "Snap the Whip" by Winslow Homer. It was a great opportunity to talk about perspective, the idea of repetition in art, and how objects look smaller when they are in the distance. We also talked again about foreground and background.

To create their own "Perspective Pictures," the children chose two colors of paper, one for the foreground and one for the background. They then each took an object (apples for Nicholas, flowers for Katie Grace, and footballs for Michael) and drew it in three different sizes. The added the most details on the largest object, and the least detail on the smallest. Then they added them to the foreground paper.


We also found this lovely sculpture and had fun duplicating Homer's painting by playing "Snap the Whip" ourselves.

For a more in-depth lesson on perspective, visit here.