START WITH ART: Mandolin and Guitar

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Today we pulled up the image and questions while eating breakfast together. It look less than 5 minutes AND the kids asked to look at the artwork again at the dinner table. 

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Title: Mandolin and Guitar

Artist: Pablo Picasso

Date: 1881

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: 140.7 x 200.3 cm

Start with Art Questions:

• Can you identify the instruments? What shapes and colors do you see in these instruments?

• How would you describe the colors in this painting? 

• Picasso's art often tells a story or conveys emotions. What do you think the mood or story might be in this painting? How do you feel when you look at it, and why?