Step 1 - Introducing the Rembrandt van Rijn Slideshow Guide

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2 Step 1 - Introducing the Rembrandt van Rijn Slideshow Guide MOTIVATION BEGIN READING HERE Do you enjoy dressing up for Halloween? Part of the fun of Halloween, besides the candy, is pretending to be someone you re not! When you were small, do you remember having fun dressing up in different clothes or costumes? And if you had a good imagination, you probably made silly faces to go along with your costume. Maybe you even took photographs and can laugh at yourself now, looking so silly then. Our artist we will learn about today loved to dress up in costumes and make silly faces. He lived in the 17 th century before the invention of the camera, so instead of taking a photograph of himself, he would paint a self-portrait. Today we will meet our master artist through his self-portraits. I would like to introduce you to Rembrandt van Rijn. His father had a house on the Rijn River, and that became part of his name. He is known, however, by just his first name, Rembrandt. Click Start Lesson To Begin 1. SELF-PORTRAIT LOOKING OVER SHOULDER Can you imagine young Rembrandt trying out different expressions in a mirror and then doing this self-portrait? As a young man he probably had not thought of showing himself to future generations through his self-portraits. He was like an actor practicing before a mirror. He wanted simply to master facial expressions horror, alarm, surprise. Rembrandt had a strong and bold personality, and it shows in his self-portraits. Guess how many self-portraits Rembrandt did during his lifetime. He did more than 90 selfportraits! We can learn a lot about him by seeing how he looked at himself from youth to old age. Rembrandt turned them into an autobiography. To follow his exploration of his own face is like reading a great book telling of a man s life. Rembrandt studied his face intently to see how his eyebrows came together and how his jaw pushed forward. Can you give me a word to describe the expression you see here? (ANGRY, OUTRAGED) Would ferocious be a good description? (YES) This ferocious expression fascinated him and in quick rapid strokes he sketched what he saw in the mirror. He started his visual autobiography at a young age. Why? He was probably simply in need of a model. No one else was available. His father was working in the mill, his mother was at church, and his sister was in the kitchen. Besides, with himself as the model, he could do anything he pleased. Perhaps a friend or relative would not cooperate or might feel embarrassed at striking bizarre poses or making silly faces. 1 REMBRANDT VAN RIJN Ages 10 Adult MeetTheMasters Online Edition

3 This self-portrait is an ETCHING. Drawing on a thin metal plate with acid makes an etching. That acid eats into the metal and creates lines. Ink is then rolled over the metal plate and fills the lines. Paper is pressed onto the plate and the result is a print called an ETCHING. Rembrandt is as famous for his etchings as he is for his paintings. In just one year he made 20 etchings of his face! Click Next To Change Slide 2. THE WINDMILL Rembrandt s father owned two windmills like the one you see in this etching by Rembrandt. Windmills are very common in Holland. People either lived next to them or even in them. For what are windmills used? (GRIND GRAIN OR PUMP WATER OUT OF LAND) In your art activity you will be drawing a windmill in a Dutch village. All his life Rembrandt s deepest ambition was to show human feelings with his art. This at first meant simply making faces like you see here laughter, amazement, scowling, snarling. But as he grew older, he abandoned the outrageous expressions and feelings, and looked closely at himself with a sad and thoughtful eye. This next self-portrait shows us that change, twenty years later. Click Next To Change Slide 3. SELF-PORTRAIT (WITH EARRING) Rembrandt is about forty-four years old in this portrait and is a much sought after artist. He was about twenty-four when he did the etching we saw. Two years after that he left his small village of Leydon and moved to the busy and prosperous city of Amsterdam, where he soon was as wealthy as the people whose portraits he painted. He was a success, because he was so good at capturing what people really looked like in their portraits. People also were pleased with the beautiful golden light he used so well in his paintings. He was only twenty-eight years old when order after order came in. What do you think he bought with his money? (HOUSE, CLOTHES, ART SUPPLIES, FURNITURE, ETC.) Besides practical things, he also bought trunks full of robes, hats, feathered plumes, gold neck chains and antique armor and weapons all for use in his paintings. He would open his trunks and let his clients choose costumes to wear to pretend just as you did when you were little. Let s look eight years in the future, and see if you see any changes in Rembrandt. - Click Next To Change Slide 4. SELF-PORTRAIT (WITH BLACK LARGE CAP) What changes do you see? (LOOKS OLDER, WRINKLES, EYES SAD AND INTENT) At this time things had begun to change for Rembrandt, especially when it came to pleasing his clients. He had completed a huge painting that took him two years to finish. It is now considered one of his most famous and interesting masterpieces. But at the time he was 2 REMBRANDT VAN RIJN Ages 10 Adult MeetTheMasters Online Edition

4 severely criticized for the painting. His popularity started a slide downwards. Can you see those disappointments in his face? - Click Next To Change Slide 5. SELF-PORTRAIT OF ARTIST WITH HAT Rembrandt is fifty-four years old here, and has he changed again? (YES) He does look more serious and unhappy. Life has dealt him some sad times, and it shows on his face. But look how he still applies his beautiful golden light to his portrait. (NOTICE THE LIGHT SOURCE DIRECTION. THE GRAY IN HIS HAIR AND PARTS OF HIS FACE ARE HIGHLIGHTED.) As we learn more about his life, I think you will understand this painting even more. Remember Rembrandt liked to have his clients dress up. Let s look at two of them Click Next To Change Slide 6. FLORA This painting is very special, because it is a PROFILE portrait. Look closely at the portrait. Can you see some details that might tell you what season of the year it is? (FLOWERS, LEAVES) What season of the year do you associate with green leaves and pretty flowers first blooming? (SPRING) This portrait is showing a good friend portraying Flora, Goddess or Queen of Spring. Notice the flowers in her right hand taken from the ones in her skirt, which she holds like an apron. She seems to offer them to someone beyond the canvas at the left. Look closely and tell me what part of the painting shows great detail and is touched richly with golden light. (HER SLEEVES AND DRESS) The golden light that shines on her face and clothing is one of the distinguishing marks of Rembrandt s style of painting. What do you notice about the lighting of the background? (DARK) Rembrandt skillfully uses LIGHT as contrasted with SHADOW. It s fairly easy to identify a painting by Rembrandt, because he developed a painting style using light and dark that is unlike that of any other artist. There is even a special kind of lighting in photography where objects in shadow appear to glow with a golden light. It is called Rembrandt Lighting. - Click Next To Change Slide 7. AN OLD MAN IN THOUGHT What kind of costume is this man wearing? (RULER, KING) Do you think he really is a king, or is he just pretending? Could he be worried about his kingdom? 3 REMBRANDT VAN RIJN Ages 10 Adult MeetTheMasters Online Edition

5 Here is a good view of some of the robes and jewelry that Rembrandt had for his clients and models to wear. Look at the rich-looking fur trim and the shiny gold chain. Do you see his use of golden light against the dark background again? (YES) Let s look for that Rembrandt Lighting in this next group portrait. Click Next To Change Slide 8. THE NIGHT WATCH Can you see that special Rembrandt Lighting? (YES) Where do you see that golden light? (TWO MEN IN FRONT, LITTLE GIRL IN WHITE, OTHER FACES IN BACKGROUND) He brings that special glowing light out of the shadows to HIGHLIGHT those parts you just pointed out. This painting is titled The Night Watch, and is one of Rembrandt s famous masterpieces. In the year 1640, eighteen members of Captain Cocq s militia company collected money to have their portrait painted. Since they wanted the best artist they could get, they decided to hire the most popular portrait painter in Amsterdam. Who would that be? (REMBRANDT) They had seen his work on other group portraits, and they could tell exactly who each person in the picture was meant to be. Rembrandt agreed to paint their group portrait, but when the painting was finished almost two years later, it was not at all what they expected. Let s see if we can discover why this painting surprised and even shocked these army men of Holland. If you had paid the artist and posed for him many tiring hours, how would you feel if your face didn t even show? Look carefully at the group portrait. Can you find that situation? (MAN ON RIGHT WITH ARM ACROSS OTHER MAN S FACE) Remembering this is a company of army men, why would there be a little girl?! No one could understand why Rembrandt added sixteen imaginary figures to the COMPOSITION, and made many of them, like the little girl, more noticeable then the other men in the company who had paid Rembrandt. In this painting, can you see the highlighted girl Rembrandt added? When they posed, the company of men all dressed in their matching uniforms and tried to look distinguished. What did the artist change in this painting? (ALL DRESSED DIFFERENTLY, EVERYONE DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT, DISORDERLY, STRANGE EXPRESSIONS ON FACES, ETC.) Rembrandt was apparently bored with the idea of a typical group portrait, so he decided to do something different. Instead of painting the men standing and looking at him, he chose to show them in action at the moment they had received their marching orders. The scene is one of total confusion. Everyone is moving in different directions. 4 REMBRANDT VAN RIJN Ages 10 Adult MeetTheMasters Online Edition

6 Do you think the militia group ever hung this portrait? Yes, reluctantly it was hung in the Amsterdam town hall, even though the reactions were very mixed. But Rembrandt s reputation suffered, and his work became less popular. The painting hung in a dark corner of the Regiment Hall for many years. It became so blackened by tobacco smoke and dirt that people named it The Night Watch. When it was thoroughly cleaned in 1947, the painting was dramatically restored to its early brightness. Now let s look at the last group portrait that Rembrandt painted twenty years later. Click Next To Change Slide 9. SYNDICS OF DRAPER S GUILD To what kind of group do you think these men belong? (BUSINESSMEN, MEN IN POSITIONS OF AUTHORITY) They are five board members from the cloth makers union, and their director asked Rembrandt to paint a group portrait. So Rembrandt put aside his self-portraits and pictures of Bible stories and set a fresh canvas on his easel. Can you find which man is the servant and not a board member? (MAN WITHOUT HAT BEHIND OTHERS) At whom are the men looking? (THE ARTIST, OR YOU) By painting it this way, we get the feeling that we have interrupted their meeting, and they all look up to see who is entering the room. Doesn t it seem that they will soon turn back to their work? Rembrandt cleverly involves the viewer in this way. In what ways is this different from the group portrait, The Night Watch? (NO ACTION, FACES CLEARLY SEEN, NO DARK SHADOWS, NO IMAGINARY PEOPLE) What did Rembrandt highlight in this painting? (MEN S FACES, RED TABLECLOTH, WALL) How else did the painter create contrast? (BLACK CLOTHING, WHITE COLLARS) Do you think this was well received by the cloth makers union? (YES) You are right. The members all heartily approved of their portrait. They all looked like the individuals they were, with different thoughts and emotions. Rembrandt s next order for a group portrait is very unusual, and may shock you. The order came from a doctor. He called on Rembrandt at his studio and asked him to paint him lecturing to seven members of the college of surgeons. Can you guess what the shock will be in the painting? - Click Next To Change Slide 10. THE ANATOMY LESSON OF DR. TULP Twice a week the doctor lectured on anatomy while his students gathered around him to watch him skillfully dissect a body. In Rembrandt s day, anatomy lessons were so popular 5 REMBRANDT VAN RIJN Ages 10 Adult MeetTheMasters Online Edition

7 that fashionable men and women came to watch the lessons. They would buy tickets to sit in a large audience, and the money from the tickets would pay for a lavish banquet afterwards for the surgeons. Many doctors commissioned artists to paint their portraits this way. Does he like to arrange people in a row? (NO) In what shape did he choose to arrange the men for this COMPOSITION? (TRIANGLE OR PYRAMID) Can you find the doctor? He wears a hat to show his high position among the students. On what part of anatomy is he presently teaching? (ARM) Look carefully at their expressions. Are they all paying close attention? (NO) Explain the Rembrandt Lighting in this painting. (VERY DARK BACKGROUND, HIGHLIGHTED FACES FRAMED WITH BLACK-WHITE CLOTHING) Click Next To Change Slide 11. SELF-PORTRAIT (AS AN ARTIST) It seemed more and more that Rembrandt was having trouble pleasing his clients. There developed a change in Dutch tastes in art. The wealthy citizens developed a fondness for showiness and elegance. They turned away from an artist who seemed dark. His art demanded that they devote some thought to their viewing, and most people were not willing to do that. Rembrandt refused to change his style, even though he needed the money. His wife had died, and soon after, his small son died also. Rembrandt plunged into his work to forget his loneliness. So he hardly noticed that the rich people of Amsterdam began to avoid him; all but the bill collectors, who arrived steadily at his door. He spent money recklessly until he became penniless. He lost his home and all his belongings. These were dark days for Rembrandt, and all the tragedies are reflected in his face in this self-portrait painted six years before he died. CONCLUSION He was starting to go blind by this time, his curly hair had grown white and his cheeks puffy, but his expression was calm. He holds his paint supplies, which were by then his only reason for living. The plain background reminds us that he had no family left, no friends, and no belongings. All he had was his art. A lawyer made a list of Rembrandt s possessions after he died: they consisted of some canvasses, a few pieces of clothing, ten caps, and one Bible. No one followed his coffin through the city streets in October The people of Amsterdam did not realize that the penniless artist who was buried had left to the world 500 LUMINOUS paintings, 200 ETCHINGS, and nearly 2000 beautiful drawings. Click Next To Begin Quiz 6 REMBRANDT VAN RIJN Ages 10 Adult MeetTheMasters Online Edition

8 REVIEW GAME Let s play a game to review what you ve learned about Rembrandt s life and art. For each question you answer correctly you will earn one letter of the Master s name. Now let s see how many questions it takes you to finish! REVIEW GAME ANSWERS (For Instructors Only) 1. In what country did Rembrandt live? HOLLAND 2. In what way did he leave an autobiography? SELF-PORTRAITS 3. What did he show most often in his early self-portraits? EXPRESSIONS 4. Who dressed up in costumes? A and B ONLY 5. What was the title of the military group portrait? THE NIGHT WATCH 6. Why was it called The Night Watch? TURNED DARK OVER YEARS 7. Name a reason The Night Watch was criticized. ALL OF THE ABOVE 8. How did Rembrandt become wealthy? SELLING PAINTINGS 9. What was fashionable in that era to go and watch? ANATOMY LESSONS 10. In Anatomy Lesson, he placed students in what compositional shape? TRIANGLE 11. Who are the cloth makers looking at in their portrait? YOU OR ARTIST 12. Why did Rembrandt s popularity fade? ALL OF THE ABOVE 13. What tragedy happened to him in old age? ALL OF THE ABOVE 14. Besides his paintings, what other artwork did he do? ETCHINGS AND DRAWINGS 15. What is meant by Rembrandt Lighting? HIGHLIGHTING Click Next To Finish Lesson to exit this unit click Back To Units 7 REMBRANDT VAN RIJN Ages 10 Adult MeetTheMasters Online Edition

9 Step 2 - Learning From: Rembrandt van Rijn Shadows Rembrandt carefully studied light and shadow on basic shapes. There are four basic shapes. Light shining on one side of a shape makes a shadow on the other. A shadow is longer when the light is lower. Draw a shadow for each shape below. 8 REMBRANDT VAN RIJN Ages 10 Adult MeetTheMasters Online Edition

10 Highlights A highlights is made when light shines on the side facing the light. Rembrandt blended the light into the dark. Blend dark into light on the shapes below. Start coloring on one side pressing hard. As you color toward the other side, press more and more gently. Leave some white paper showing on the lightest side. Draw one of the four basic shapes in this box. Show the light and dark sides and the shadow. To make things look far away, Rembrandt drew the very small. Draw a shape that looks close and one that looks far away. Things high on the page seem far away. Things low on the page seem close. Draw a shape that looks close and one that looks far away. 9 REMBRANDT VAN RIJN Ages 10 Adult MeetTheMasters Online Edition

11 Rooftops You will be drawing a Dutch village in your project. Practice these rooftop shapes. In the box below, draw some overlapping roof shapes. Vertical, straight lines down become the walls of the buildings. Do not draw the bottom of the buildings. 10 REMBRANDT VAN RIJN Ages 10 Adult MeetTheMasters Online Edition

12 The last few pages of this section contain the Art Activity for Rembrandt van Rijn. This step-by-step outline will be a guide for instructing your child(ren) through the activity. The parent/instructor should review all steps necessary to complete this project before beginning any work. Cut out the Artist Profile Slip below and attach it to the back of the completed art project. Rembrandt van Rijn (REM-brant) - Dutch Rembrandt developed a painting style using light and dark that is unlike that of any other artist. This Rembrandt Lighting creates beautiful contrasts in his etching and painting. He painted more self-portraits than any artist in history a visual autobiography of his life in 17th Century Holland. ART ACTIVITY EMPHASIS: Highlights and Shadows MEDIA: White Chalk, Black Oil Pastel, White Oil Pastel Rembrandt van Rijn (REM-brant) - Dutch Rembrandt developed a painting style using light and dark that is unlike that of any other artist. This Rembrandt Lighting creates beautiful contrasts in his etching and painting. He painted more self-portraits than any artist in history a visual autobiography of his life in 17th Century Holland. ART ACTIVITY EMPHASIS: Highlights and Shadows MEDIA: White Chalk, Black Oil Pastel, White Oil Pastel 11 REMBRANDT VAN RIJN Ages 10 Adult MeetTheMasters Online Edition

13 REMBRANDT VAN RIJN AGES 10 ADULT ONLINE EDITION Step 3 - Working With: Art Activity Instructions ARTIST Rembrandt van Rijn (REM-brant van RINE) ( ) Dutch TECHNIQUE Working light into dark ART ELEMENTS Value and space VOCABULARY Light, dark, highlight, detail MEDIA White chalk, black and white oil pastels VISUAL Print: The Mill EMPHASIS Rembrandt s use of light SUGGESTED MUSIC (On CD-Rom) Vivaldi - Four Seasons-Spring MATERIALS FOR INSTRUCTOR AND CHILDREN One 12 x 15 black construction paper One 12 x 18 newsprint paper Artist Profile Slip White Chalk Black Oil Pastels White Oil Pastels Q-tips Glue PREPARATION in chart in Construct an example to become familiar with the procedure. Place the print and front of the students. Tape your demonstration paper in front of the students and arrange materials nearby. SET-UP [ 5 minutes ] Distribute the following materials to your students: SUPPLIES: White chalk, black oil pastel, white oil pastel, and Q-tip PAPER: One 12 x 15 sheet of black construction paper, one 12 x 18 sheet of newsprint, and one artist profile slip ORIENTATION [ 5 minutes ] Do you remember the name of the artist who painted this masterpiece? (REFER TO PRINT) Rembrandt made hundreds of sketches of Holland in the late 1600 s. He especially liked to draw the villages and the windmills. He started his many sketches with basic shapes, and then he added details. What was so special about his paintings that people noticed first? 12 REMBRANDT VAN RIJN Ages 10 Adult MeetTheMasters Online Edition

14 (LIGHT) Today we will draw a typical long-ago village in Holland with Rembrandt s special light and basic shapes. Let s get organized so we can begin. DEMONSTRATION AND ACTIVITY ORGANIZE YOUR WORK AREA 1. Put your black paper horizontally on top of the newsprint in the center of your work area. 2. Place your white chalk, oil pastels, and Q-tip in the top corners of your work area. DRAWING THE WINDMILL IN THE FOREGROUND [ 5 minutes ] (The instructor will need to demonstrate, and have the students follow with their materials.) We will start by drawing a windmill in the left or right foreground of our picture (close to the bottom of the page). Refer to the Learning Packet for basic shapes on which to build. 1. Draw a slightly flattened sphere, or oval shape for the top of the windmill building. 2. Lightly color it in. Carefully tap excess grains of white powder onto your newsprint. 3. (Do not blow them off, and brushing them off will leave a trail across the paper.) 4. Draw two straight lines that start on each side of the oval and slant out to form the sides of the building (cone shape). (Demonstrate) 5. Then connect the bottom of the two lines with a curving line that looks like a smile. 6. The cylinder shape will be very short and wide. Draw a short, straight line down from each side of the cone. 7. Connect the bottom of the two straight lines with another curving line. DRAWING WITH THE LIGHT (Have the students watch and then follow with their materials. Stress spending time to work carefully and slowly.) HIGHLIGHTING THE CONE AND CYLINDER SHAPES [5 minutes] (Demonstrate with the white chalk, and have students follow) 1. Choose a direction from which the sun is shining. Remember that all highlights will be 13 REMBRANDT VAN RIJN Ages 10 Adult MeetTheMasters Online Edition

15 consistently from the same direction. The top, oval shape should be very light. 2. Color the cone with long strokes up and down using lots of pressure on the sun side. Let the pressure slightly reduce as you work away from the light. By the time you get to the dark side you should be using no pressure at all. 3. Now put the highlight on the cylinder shape just as you did the cone on the same side. DRAWING THE WINDMILL BLADES [5 minutes] The windmills of Holland had long arms made of cloth stretched over a wooden frame. We can see the lines of the frame in a Rembrandt sketch. 1. With your white chalk, put a dot on the lower edge of the oval where you want the blades to cross (as in the Learning Packet). 2. Draw an X crossing on the dot. 3. Add a small, straight bottom line to each blade, and add another long line to make each blade a long, extended triangle or rectangle. 4. Highlight each blade with your chalk, as it catches the light. THE HORIZON LINE What is a horizon line? (WHERE THE LAND MEETS THE GROUND) You will draw your horizon line near (not in) the center of your paper. Draw it very lightly, and make it as flat and straight as you can. Holland is a very flat country. THE ROOFTOPS [ 5 minutes ] Think of the basic shapes that make up rooftops. Who can name some? (TRIANGLES, RECTANGLES, PARALLELLOGRAMS DEMONSTRATE THESE SHAPES FOR THE STUDENTS) Draw these shapes near the horizon line with your chalk. They should be no more than two finger widths above and three finger widths below the horizon line. Remember, buildings this far away will look very small, so make them only about an inch or two high. Make some rooftops higher than others for taller buildings. 1. Make some larger than others for variety. 2. Overlap a few rooftops. 3. Leave space between a few roofs to put in trees and shrubs later. 4. Leave room for the building shapes that will connect and go under the rooftops. 14 REMBRANDT VAN RIJN Ages 10 Adult MeetTheMasters Online Edition

16 THE BUILDING LINES, TREES, AND LANDSCAPE [ 5 minutes ] 1. Draw a vertical line from each rooftop corner to just above or below the horizon line. 2. Lightly sketch some treetop shapes (an irregular shape not a lollipop). Make them look far away and small in relationship to the buildings. Add trunks for your treetops. 3. Fill in each rooftop, building, and tree with very light chalk coloring. Remember from which side the sun is highlighting the village. Starting at that side, use vertical strokes to color each object you have drawn for your Dutch village. Use heavy pressure to start on the highlighted edge, and gradually color with less pressure as you move toward the center. Do not color the whole building or tree, as we want a shady side to contrast with the highlighted side. 4. Use your Q-tip to blend the chalk coloring, starting on the heavy highlighted side and blending toward the shady side of each object. Use the same vertical strokes. 5. To make the village seem distant, draw horizontal lines that show paths (not highways), canals, or ponds typical of long ago. Because Holland is so flat, hills or mountains would not be realistic. Pick a location somewhere on the horizon lines (not in the center) and lightly sketch in a path that ends at the side of the paper. Be sure to show distance drawing the path becoming larger as it nears the foreground. (DEMONSTRATE) 6. To show depth, draw a line of grass, rocks, or some trees near the path. These also should be larger to show proximity. Emphasize leaving much of the paper black and empty. 7. Unwanted smears or marks of chalk can be removed with an eraser. DETAILS, SHADING, HIGHLIGHTS [ 15 minutes ] THE DETAIL LINES Watch as I show you how to use the black oil pastel to add details: 1. Begin in the foreground (the windmill blades are the closest) and work towards the back. 2. Outline the rooftops next, and then add the lines that make the sides of the buildings. 3. Add texture to the buildings in some places lines that show wood or bricks just a hint. 4. Outline the trees; add the rocks, grass and details last. SHADING AND SHADOWS 1. What side of the buildings or trees should be shaded with the black oil pastel? (THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE LIGHT) You practiced that in your Learning Packets. Extend your shading toward the center of each building or tree. Shade with your black oil pastel. 2. You also experimented with adding shadows in your Learning Packet. You may add shadows to your buildings and trees, making them long and narrow with your black oil pastel. Be sure to add the shadows only on the shaded side. HIGHLIGHT DETAILS To really make your pictures look like Rembrandt s art, we need to add final highlights to your village. Use your white oil pastel to heavily draw lines of texture and outlines on the light side opposite the shading. Highlight rooftops, trees leaves, the side of the tree trunks, and your 15 REMBRANDT VAN RIJN Ages 10 Adult MeetTheMasters Online Edition

17 windmill. MOUNTING THE ARTIST PROFILE SLIP [ 2 minutes ] (Profile slips for each artist are provided. They give a brief description of the artist, the technique, and the media used in the art activity. They should be mounted on the back of each art project after it is completed.) 1. Write your name on the front of the artist profile slip. 2. Using glue, mount the profile slip on the back of your artwork. 3. Encourage students to discuss their artwork at home using this artist slip of information. CONCLUSION From what country was Rembrandt? (HOLLAND) Let s visit Holland right now, and especially look at all the beautiful windmills. (SHARE ARTWORK) I CAN SEE THE WIND SPINNING AROUND THE GIANT WINDMILL ARMS. Notice the interesting shapes you see and how the sun creates such beautiful light and shadows. THIS CONCLUDES THE REMBRANDT VAN RIJN UNIT. 16 REMBRANDT VAN RIJN Ages 10 Adult MeetTheMasters Online Edition