Rembrandt - Self Portraits

We're studying the Baroque Period in music, and I've decided to stick with the same in art. Today, we were introduced briefly to Rembrandt, looked at a number of his portrait paintings on the National Gallery's website, and then completed a project from our book, Discovering Great Artists. Rembrandt practiced by making drawings of himself with various expressions. After making lots of crazy faces at one another, the boys set to work.

Noah worked in front of my wardrobe mirror.

Cooper set up a mirror at his desk.

We only have two mirrors, so Caleb sat in front of the computer at Nick's desk/my dressing table. He had a great time scribble scrabbling (his words) and spreading papers about.

Noah was prolific.

Cooper spent a lot of time contemplating the best way to go about the project.