What we see

How would you describe the young girls in these pictures? How are they alike? How are they different?

How we feel

When you think about young children how do you imagine them? Playing and laughing? How do you feel about these two girls? Are children always having fun?

What we think

Do you have any pictures of you when you were a young child? What were you doing in your pictures? Use art materials you have in the class or at home to make a drawing or painting of it.

How it was made

Both Anthony Flower and Pegi Nicol MacLeod used watercolours to paint these portraits. What do you notice about the paintings? Anthony Flower blends the colours so you do not see his brushstrokes. Pegi Nichol MacLeod does not try to smooth all her colours together and you can see her brushstrokes.

About the artist:

Pegi Nicol MacLeod (1904 -1949) is one of Canada’s most significant early twentieth century artists. Her approach to painting is unique in Canadian art because she used swirling, brightly coloured paint. She used watercolours because they are portable and suited her need to paint whenever she could find some time.

Links

Here is a link to some paintings by Pegi of the women who served in the Canadian Armed Forces in World War II: http://www.civilization.ca/cwm/artists/macLeod1eng.html