ANTHONY FLOWER Mary Flower as a Child, c.1840
watercolour on paper
30.48 x 25.4 cm
Private Collection.
PEGI NICOL MACLEOD Portrait of a Young Girl, 1946
pastel, wash on paper
45.4 x 30.48 cm
The Beaverbrook Art Gallery
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.
