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    Maud Lewis was a folk artist from Nova Scotia, Canada who lived with multiple birth defects. She married Everett Lewis and began painting scenes from their one-room cottage and the outdoors on any surface she could find after her parents' death. The document provides instructions for students to create their own winter scene paintings in the style of Maud Lewis by first laying down a background with a horizon line and then using layering techniques to add details like trees, people, and buildings on top.

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    Maud Lewis was a folk artist from Nova Scotia, Canada who lived with multiple birth defects. She married Everett Lewis and began painting scenes from their one-room cottage and the outdoors on any surface she could find after her parents' death. The document provides instructions for students to create their own winter scene paintings in the style of Maud Lewis by first laying down a background with a horizon line and then using layering techniques to add details like trees, people, and buildings on top.

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    Maud Lewis was a folk artist from Nova Scotia, Canada who lived with multiple birth defects. She married Everett Lewis and began painting scenes from their one-room cottage and the outdoors on any surface she could find after her parents' death. The document provides instructions for students to create their own winter scene paintings in the style of Maud Lewis by first laying down a background with a horizon line and then using layering techniques to add details like trees, people, and buildings on top.

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    Maud Lewis

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    Lorane Wilson Willyerd
    Maud Lewis was a folk artist from Nova Scotia, Canada who lived with multiple birth defects. She married Everett Lewis and began painting scenes from their one-room cottage and the outdoors on any surface she could find after her parents' death. The document provides instructions for students to create their own winter scene paintings in the style of Maud Lewis by first laying down a background with a horizon line and then using layering techniques to add details like trees, people, and buildings on top.

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    Maud Lewis

    Winter Scenes
    Who Was Maud Lewis?
    Folk artist from Novia Scotia
    (Canada)
    Born with multiple birth defects
    that affected her size and hands
    After her parents death, married
    Everett Lewis and started
    painting on anything she could
    find
    Painted outdoor scenes
    Lived in a one-room cottage and
    painted everything in it
    Folk Art by Maud Lewis
    Words to Know
    Layering: Work from the bottom up- Paint background and large
    areas first with big brushes, then use smaller brushes for details.

    Tint: a mixture of a color with white

    Shade: a mixture of a color with black


    Maud Lewis Winter Scenes
    1. Write your name on the back.
    2. Draw a horizon line lightly with a pencil. Draw any mountains or hills.
    3. Paint your background and foreground, including sky, snow, mountains.
    4. Use layering to paint on top, including trees, people, animals, buildings, etc.

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