Girl Scout Brownies Legacy Painting badge
As a troop, we are about to embark on our journey to earn our Girl Scout Brownie Paining Badge. This is what the Official Badge, which will be placed on the front of your vest, looks like:
Since this badge is official, there are requirements that our girls must fulfill. As you all know, we don't have your typical by-the-book troop. With this activity, as with any other, we will be finding our own way. We do have a little flexibility, in the event that one or more of our troop members cannot attend. Because next weeks meeting will be a special "Wax Museum" event, those that cannot attend, may do their project the following week. So, here are the details for the "Wax Museum" that the girls will be holding next week. I'm hoping you will all provide them with some assistance in earning this badge. Each Brownie may choose a famous painter from any period. Examples would be Van Gogh, Monet, Rembrandt-really the possibilities are endless. They can do a little research on this artist and during our "Wax Museum" the troop will divide up and take turns hearing whatever info their fellow members present. Examples of what the girls can present: dress up like your artist and tell about their life or bring an art book with an example of one of their works...be prepared to tell anything you know about it. Be creative and paint a piece of artwork in the fashion of that artist if you like-really, the sky is the limit!! This should be a fun activity and stress free! Above all, I don't want it to be like work!!! Do as much or as little as you would like. I need at least two volunteers to come a half hour early to help tape off the areas where the girls will be standing to be their character in the wax museums. For families with siblings, you are welcome to share an artist!
I will give an example of what I intend to present as an example: my artist is Benjamin West-I will show the portrait he painted of Benjamin Franklin, bring an art book I have with his info. I will also bring a paintbrush and tell how how Native Americans in colonial America taught him to take hairs from a cat's tail to create the bristles of his paintbrush. For fun, I might even wear a beret!!!
This should be a really fun night, and I hope you all look forward to it!!!
You can go to this link for info on some other suggestions on how we can earn this badge!
We will also paint on canvas and make Christmas painted ornaments to fulfill the requirements for this badge in upcoming weeks!