START WITH ART: The Mysterious Garden

Welcome/welcome back! We're starting our day by examining the mixed media artwork 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: The Mysterious Garden

Artist: Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh

Date: 1911

Medium: Watercolor and ink over pencil on vellum, laid on board

Dimensions: 45.10 x 47.70 cm

Start with Art Questions:

• In this painting, the figure is seemingly asleep dreaming. What do you think she is dreaming about? 
  

• Above her is a row of eight heads or masks. What do you think the heads or masks represent? 

• The title includes the word "mysterious." What seems to be a mystery in the painting? 

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