START WITH ART: Young Woman Holding a Sunflower

Welcome/welcome back! We're starting our day by examining the painting 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: Young Woman Holding a Sunflower

Artist: Bartholomeus van der Helst

Date: 1670

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: 99.9 x 74.9 cm

Start with Art Questions:

• What colors do you see in the painting "Young Woman Holding a Sunflower" by Bartholomeus van der Helst, and how do they make you feel?

• Why do you think the woman in the painting is holding a sunflower? What do you think the sunflower represents?

• If you were the young woman in the painting, what do you think you would be thinking or feeling as you hold the sunflower?

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