MY ART--Art for Kids
Still Life Painting
by Kate Wattson
My art is about finding beauty in everyday objects. I paint the things I see around my house or at my studio.
I liked the blue in this paper coffee cup.
I liked the way the light came through this brown paper bag.
I liked this pear. Well, it wasn't this exact pear. I ate that one. But I like pear color and pear shape.
So, I put these three things together--the cup, the bag and the pear--and I made this painting:
I made the cup simpler than it really looks.I painted the pear with a lot of detail and a lot of paint to make it really pop.
A painting like this one--made of up a group of objects--is called a "still life" or "nature morte".
