START WITH ART: Nurse with a Child in a Sailor Suit

This takes us less than five minutes each morning and tends to be re-visited later in the day at the dinner table or during our evening reading sessions. 

Here's how to #STARTWITHART:

Step one: Take a look at the artwork below

Step two: Read the questions below the picture of the art to the students/children in your life

Step three: See how starting your day with art can ignite creativity and critical thinking! 

It's that easy!

Title: Nurse with a Child in a Sailor Suit

Artist: Edouard Vuillard

Date: 1895

Medium: Oil on cardboard

Dimensions: 24.45 x 25.08 cm

Start with Art Questions:

• What is happening in this painting? 

• What do you see in the foreground (the part of the painting nearest to you)? Why do you think the artist put that object in the painting? 

• Describe the brushstrokes. What words would you use to describe the application of paint to the canvas? 

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