Corot Spring

My favorite thing about spring is the dark trunks of trees spotted with tiny bits of lime green, white, or pink. 
Even though his paintings aren't necessarily of this, they remind me of it and he captures the mood and magic I love about speckled trees.  He is Jean Baptiste Camille Corot
My favorite paintings by him are:  The Boatman of Mortefontaine, Ville d'Avray, and L'eglise de Marissel pres de Beauvais.
In March I did a set of art lessons for a variety of ages with a spring theme.  One of the projects we did was to remake the Ville d'Avray using either chalk pastels, oil pastels, watercolors, or charcoal.  Here's some samples of the art work:


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