START WITH ART: Yosemite Falls

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: Yosemite Falls

Artist: Albert Bierstadt

Date: 1863

Medium: Oil on paper on canvas

Dimensions: 20.48 X 25.4 cm

Start with Art Questions:

• How does Bierstadt capture the grandeur and scale of Yosemite Falls? 

• What techniques do you think he used to create the feeling of vast space and natural beauty?

• The contrast between light and shadow in this painting is striking. How does the light falling on the waterfall change the way you experience the scene?

• Bierstadt was known for his depictions of the American West. What emotions or thoughts does this painting evoke about nature’s power and tranquility?

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