About the Artist
Sisson Blanchard
Sisson was born in 1929 in the southern Haitian village of Trouin. Migrating (moving from one part of something to another) to Port-au-Prince, Blanchard found work as a gardener at the Centre d'Art. He began painting in 1948, with the encouragement of the American sculptor Jason Seley. Blanchard's paintings of birds and farming scenes were first shown at the Centre d'Art, and have since been exhibited all over the world. His work is included in the collections of both the Davenport Museum of Art and the Waterloo Museum of Art, in Iowa.
Blanchard arranges fish, birds, animals, vegetables and flowers in orderly columns or disorderly groups. His paintings are original and bold and after more than 50 years, are feeling more and more uplifting and wonderful. Sisson Blanchard died in 1981. His son, Smith Blanchard also became a prominent Haitian painter.
Storytime: Faces by Zoe Miller and David Goodman (Look at each image and have kids list the different shapes and forms they see and what they are: a circle = a button = eyes!)3-5: The Elements of Art by Maren Daniels
Project: Birds and Shapes
References: Fantastic Fun and Learning
Materials: dot markers, blue background paper (whatever size works best, preferably a bit bigger) glue, pre-cut shapes.
Project: Animals and Shapes
Materials: White erase boards (with markers and erasers), black cardstock, pencil/white colored pencil, oil pastels, scissors, glue, colorful paper (any kind to use as background to glue animal onto)
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