START WITH ART: Kiss Me and You'll Kiss the 'Lasses
Welcome/welcome back! We're starting our day by examining the oil painting pictured below. Take a look at the artwork then read the questions to the students/children in your life and see how starting your day with art can ignite creativity and critical thinking!
Title: Kiss Me and You'll Kiss the 'Lasses
Artist: Lilly Martin Spencer
Date: 1856
Medium: Oil on panel
Dimensions: 76 x 63.3 cm
Start with Art Questions:
- Describe the food you see in the painting. What items have been gathered for the recipe?
- Based on what items have been gathered, what do you suppose the woman in the painting is making?
- What do you think the title means? ('Lasses is short for molasses.)
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