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Great Masterpieces Kits 

Each Great Masterpieces kit is packed full of art supplies and includes templates to create work in the style of the featured artist. There's also information about the artist’s styles and techniques, plus a brief biography. These kits are great for homeschooling or after-school enrichment!  Please inquire about availability, and be sure to check out our student art gallery below! ​
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Joan Miró
Joan Miró is considered one of the first Surrealist artists.  During his lifetime, he tried many different art forms. He made collages, prints and made dream-like sculptures into which he put found objects and painted stones. 
Materials in the kit include parent instructions, Miró biography, child’s instructions for making a watercolor resist painting, watercolor paper, oil pastels, watercolors, white tempera paint, finger sponge, and masking tape. $65

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Wassilly Kandinsky
Known as the first abstract artist, the Russian painter Wassilly Kandinsky was influenced by color and music. Children will create their own abstract paintings. ​Materials in the kit include 4 canvases, a drawing compass, paint (water-soluble) and a paint brush. In addition to a guide for parents, the kit includes brief biographical information about Kandinsky and instructions on how to make circles with a drawing compass. 
$50

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Henri Matisse
In his later years, Matisse created extraordinary paper collages, which are the inspiration for this Great Masterpieces kit. Children will create their own collage in Matisse's famous "drawing with scissors" style. The kit includes canvas, scissors, glue stick and tube, cardstock papers, colored markers, and ModPodge and a paintbrush for sealing the collage. Kit also includes instructions and activity sheets, information about Matisse's styles and techniques, plus biography for children. $65

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​Vincent Van Gogh
This kit includes paint, brushes, canvas, and colored pencils, plus instructions and activity sheets to create work in the style of Van Gogh. You'll also find information about his styles and techniques, plus a biography for children. Kit includes artist’s smock, paint palette, artificial sunflowers, and tabletop easel. $65

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"I feel like an artist now, Mom, a 'real' artist.
     I didn't know I could do it like that!"
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Girassol ArtPlay products are available for pickup in Homer by appointment.
Please ask about birthday and other custom ArtPlay kits and boxes. Monthly subscriptions are available.
ArtPlay materials and instructions are not sold separately. 


STUDENT GALLERY
Our work in the style of  . . . 1 - 4: Miró; 5: Kandinsky; 6-11: Matisse; 12-18: Van Gogh
(Hover over an image to see the number. Click to enlarge.) 
Girassol Learning Center is owned and operated privately. We are not affiliated or associated with, authorized or endorsed by, or in any way officially connected with any other organization or agency. Our curriculum, products, and services are solely those of Girassol Learning Center. All images and text copyright 2020, Girassol Learning Center. Photos of children are used with permission of their parents/guardians.   ​

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