Make your own art inspired by the Fauvist art movement and André Derain’s painting The Turning Road, L’Estaque. This activity guides you in exploring the use of bright colors to create a landscape.

Use the step-by-step activity guide and how-to video below to get started. For more inspiration, visit the Museum to see The Turning Road, L’Estaque up close.

Art-Making Activity | Exploring Fauvism and Creating Colorful Landscapes
Look closely, gather your materials, and make some art!
• Activity Guide PDF

► Plan Your Visit
See The Turning Road, L’Estaque in the European galleries on the second floor of the Beck Building. Included with general admission, which is free on Thursdays. Ages 12 & younger, and MFAH members, receive free general admission every day.

Family Programs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, receive generous support from the Junior League of Houston, Inc.

Learning and Interpretation programs receive generous funding from the Jerold B. Katz Foundation; Institute of Museum and Library Services; H-E-B; MD Anderson Cancer Center; The Brown Foundation, Inc.; Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo; Sharon G. Dies; Susan Vaughan Foundation; and additional generous donors.

All Learning and Interpretation programs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, receive endowment funds provided by Louise Jarrett Moran Bequest; Caroline Wiess Law; Windgate Foundation; the William Randolph Hearst Foundation; Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff; the National Endowment for the Humanities; the Fondren Foundation; BMC Software, Inc.; the Wallace Foundation; the Neal Myers and Ken Black Children’s Art Fund; Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Ballard; Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Tate; the Eleanor and Frank Freed Foundation; Virginia and Ira Jackson; the Favrot Fund; CFP Foundation; Neiman Marcus Youth Arts Education; gifts in memory of John Wynne; and gifts in honor of Beth Schneider.