In Classical style, to become a successful writer, students learn by first modeling the style of great writers. In the same fashion, to become an accomplished artist, one learns by imitating the works of the masters. Today, we used this technique in our artwork, but by using great storybook illustrators as our models. I chose four books and handed them out to the kids with instructions to choose a picture and copy it as closely as possible.
I gave Do Monkeys Tweet? by Melanie Walsh to Little Brother...
I gave The Duchess Bakes a Cake by Virginia Kahl to Middle Brother...
Sister used Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina...
and Big Brother copied from Petunia by Roger Duvoisin...