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This painting is by Pierre Daura. It is a called Female Head and is an oil painting on a canvas. I think this work of art is cool because at first glance you notice the different colors and shapes and then if you look closer, you can see the outline of a female head. I think this painting could be incorporated into a math class in many ways. At first, I would have my students count and label as many shapes as they can find in the painting. This is a cool exercise to get them to do because there are more than first meets the eye! Then, I think it would be a good idea to create some word problems that ask about  fractions. This could sound something like this: If the green rectangle is 1/9 of the painting, approximately what fraction of the painting is the dark blue rectangle?. You could give the students pieces of information and have them fill in the rest. This also helps them develop some pattern recognition which is an important skill. Another thing I like about this is that it shows students that math and math concepts are all around us!

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