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Your Kids Will Love These Flemish Superhero Portraits

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What is Superman was born in the sixteenth century?
What if the Hulk was a Duke?
How might Van Eyck have portrayed Snow White?

 

If you have been using our Artist Study collections, you have certainly noticed the various portraiture styles of centuries gone by.  Artist Sacha Goldberger asked these questions, and skillfully re-imagined today’s superheroes  using classic 17th century painting techniques. The use of light and shadow, as well as 17th century period detailing and textile work are a delightful.  Don’t you agree?

 

The artist has generously shared a downloadable PDF of this collection, along with more information about this project, for you to enjoy.  The download for it is at the bottom of this post.  Enjoy!

 

You can see more of Sacha’s work and learn more here.

 

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Download the complete collection shared with you by Sacha! You can even print and spiral bind this if you like! So fun and inspirational. Enjoy!

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Duke Ellington Birthday Sale on Jazz Composers

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It’s the Duke’s birthday today, so we’re celebrating! Enjoy 25% off the entire Jazz Composers collection TODAY ONLY with coupon code DUKE. Click here to purchase.

You can also go check out our Duke Ellington resource for FREE to learn more about this jazz great, and to get a feel for what our jazz composer resources are like.

One of Duke Ellington’s famous pieces is It Ain’t Got a Thing if it Ain’t Got that Swing. This remix is super fun for the whole family. Your kids will love it!

 

Jabberwocky read by Neil Gaiman

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Jabberwocky is such an interesting poem because it is created with a ton of nonsense words, and yet the way it is put together definitely brings about a mood, such that the reader still feels like they understand a lot of what’s going on.

This is a great poem to share with your kids.  You can read it out loud in different ways, deciding which way you all think is truest to what the poem is about.  You can take the opportunity to write down a few of the nonsense words and ask your kids to define them.  (Hey!  There are no wrong answers, but it’s a great opportunity for fun, to think, and to communicate their thoughts.)

 

Jabberwocky
by Lewis Carroll, 1872

`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

“Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!”

He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought —
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought.

And, as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!

One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.

“And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!’
He chortled in his joy.

`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

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