START WITH ART: View on the Hudson in Autumn

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: View on the Hudson in Autumn

Artist: Thomas Doughty

Date: 1850

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: 86.68 × 122.56 cm 

Start with Art Questions:

• How can you tell the season in this masterpiece? What colors depict autumn?

• Imagine standing on the riverbank in this scene. How does the wide view of the landscape make you feel like you’re surrounded by the beauty of nature in autumn?

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