I love the El Greco art project. Isn’t it fun to take something that looks normal and distort it?
It’s not just that. It’s an easy and memorable art project. So… here’s our Winter in the style of El Greco Art Project!
El Greco Art Project Supplies:
- El Greco Picture Study Pages (pictured below) from this Great Artists Picture Study Packet
- Paper
- Tape
- Markers
- Scissors
- A picture to start with (in this case, a snowman. You can download it here.) Another fun alternative is to convert a photo to a sketch using Snapstouch here.
And now for the procedure…
First, we studied the El Greco Art Study Pages from the Great Artists Picture Study Packet. (Print out the El Greco Art Study Pages and discuss with your student(s) to incorporate picture study and art appreciation.)
Step 1. Cut the image into strips.
If you look closely, one child does not have scissors in hand. Levi immediately decided to not cut his snowman into strips. He grabbed markers, colored his snowman, and declared himself finished. (Another example of picture-perfect homeschooling, y’all.)
The other two, however, were willing to entertain me some more, so we continued…
Step 2. Piece snowman back together. (In hindsight, numbering the strips from top to bottom would have helped with assembly.)
Step 3. Fold a blank sheet of paper in half and re-assemble the snowman on an inside half, leaving space between each strip.
Step 4. Connect the dots (or strips) using a marker.
Step 5. Fold paper over and trace over your elongated snowman.
Wasn’t that fun?!?
I think we’ll try Picasso next! (ha!)
Download Templates for the El Greco Art Project:
El Greco Son Numbered Strips – 2 per page
Snowman Numbered Strips – 2 per page
El Greco Son Additional Numbered Strips – 2 per page
Snowman Additional Numbered Strips – 2 per page
El Greco Son Lined – 1 per page
Snowman Lined – 1 per page
Mona Lisa Lined – 2 per page
OR… use Snapstouch to convert an image to a downloadable sketch. Fun, fun!
*In our community, our younger classes are using the snowman numbered template, the older classes are using the El Greco Son numbered template.
NOTE: If you’d like to use a portrait from the Great Masters, El Greco made a somewhat normal-looking painting of his son, for which I’ve created a backline drawing available on our Great Artist Coloring Pages post. You can also opt for the most well-known portrait in the world, the Mona Lisa.
For our other art project posts visit…
Giotto Art Project
Ghiberti Art Project
Angelico Art Project
Durer Art Project
Michelangelo Art Project
Other related posts:
Great Artist Coloring Pages
Fine Arts Notebooking Pages
Great Artists Study