Landscapes inspired by the art of Claire West

I've got behind in posting pics of Carriage House classes, so let me start catching up a bit.

A while back the kids finished up these terrific landscapes inspired by the art of Claire West. The project is a great way to teach kids about background, middleground, foreground, and also how to give the illusion of distance. The kids had fun with it, especially blending and blurring the chalk pastels using capfuls of liquid starch!