A is for Art Lessons at Home

 Welcome to week one of blogging through the alphabet.  Today is the letter A and I would like to talk about a rather cliche topic - Art in Your Homeschool and my co-host Desiree is sharing A is for Among Us.

ART is not my strong point and neither is getting out all the stuff that is needed to be creative.  My daughter loves to paint.  My first born loved drawing.  I am not an artist by any stretch of the imagination.  Nathaniel's talents are more in the digital media using Cinema 4D but we still needed to do hands on art.

I discovered early in my homeschooling journey that I needed help. Intially that came through a co-op. We would pack a lunch and go over to the hall where the children participated in a group art class.

After we moved to Australia we had no co-op we could join.  This ment I needed to find a solution.  I approached a homeschool Mom who lived in the local area and arranged with her to team up.  She taught the children music (ie recorder) and I taught a weekly art session in my home. Being accountable through the weekly Virtual Fridge link up and to their family really helped keep me on track.  .

Tessellating Tile Art found in The Usborne ART Treasury on pages 84 -87.

 

Some Ideas to do Art from Home are...

Do not LIMIT your thinking of art to drawing.  Art is truly a multifacited medium.  It covers achitecture, the decor in your home to the classical ideas of sculpture and painting.   That is what makes it such a deep experiece to have in your homeschool because you are surrounded by art everywhere you go.

Use your community.  - Immersion is a wonderful way to experience and explore art.  Look in the news, do some google searches to see What's On ...  Here a few ideas to get you started

• Lego expos,  
• Sand Sculpting,   
• Laser Light Shows, (Melbourne Town Hall Show)
  
• visit old churches take a look at the wood carvings, lead glass windows etc. 
• Cake shows or gingerbread house villages
• Attend historical exhibitions
• Look for night time attratcions  and experience how dark and light affect the way we see things.
  

Modrian Inspired Art

 

Choose a famous artist

• Look for art inspration themed around their name. 
• Artist Unit Study Claude Monet 
• Wayne Thiebaud - Artist / Art
• Piet Mondrian - Artist / Art

Book recommendations

here are a few of my favourites

• The Usborne ART Treasury
• Finger Print Drawing Book
• Global Art
• The Usborne Book of Famous Paintings 
• The Usborne ART Treasury
• Finger Print Drawing Book
• Global Art
• The Usborne Book of Famous Paintings 
• The Children's Book of ART  
• Katie and the Sunflowers
• Katie's picture Show
• Katie Meets the Impressionists
• Katie and the British Artists
• Katie and the Waterlily Pond
• Katie and the Mona Lisa
• Can You Find It, Too 
• Get into art Animals - explore 12 artists
  

Drawing Textbook Lesson 13

If you have a student who wants to learn to draw I highly recommend you invest in the Drawing Textbook by Bruce McIntyre.

For Natural History Illustration be sure to check out the FREE edX course: Drawing Nature, Science and Cultrue: Natural History Illustration 101.

Online Art Tutorial Programs we've used and enjoyed

• ArtAchieve - There are five year levels available.  You are able to purchase single lessons of any project you would like to use in your homeschool.  The lessons are presented in different formats (PowerPoint or video) by John Hofland.  Every lesson has a comprehensive lesson plan available covering many aspects on the topic at hand. Be sure to try a FREE lesson with ArtAchieve: FREE Level I-Art Lesson I-2: The Czech Cat "There is no right or wrong way to draw. One drawing is not better than another.  It's just different - because the people who are drawing are different "- John (ArtAchieve)
• See The Light -  We have loved using the video based lessons.  Each video contains three step by step lessons.  Lessons are in a step by step format and available as downloads or DVD.  You can request your free lesson from here. We have really enjoyed the Art Projects series and learnt so many great things from pop art (Repeated Sweets - Wayne Thiebaud Artist Study) to pointillism fruit.
• A few years back we did a series of art pieces via the on line art lessons using Creating a Masterpiece. I really liked the way each lesson is broken up into shorter step by step lessons making it easy to accomplish really complex pieces over a number of days or weeks. You can try a free lesson over here.

 On Pinterest

• Artists Study
• Art
• Art - Kids Craft Ideas 
• Art - Egg boxes
• Art - Ice cream sticks 
• Art - up cycled toilet rolls 
• Art - Paper Bag adventures 
• Art - Paper Plate

Picture Study Resources

• Charlotte Mason Picture Study over at the Art Class Curator.
• How to bring picture study into your homeschool over at Homeschool On.
• A Charlotte Mason Picture Study Lesson over at nourished Children.
• Ambleside Online Artist Rotation Schedule
• How to Teach Picture Study the Charlotte Mason Way over at Joy in the Home.
• FREE Charlotte Mason Picture Study Aides over at A Humble Place
• Picture Study Portfolios over at Simply Charlotte Mason.

Chareen repeated sweets: cupcakes

 Art Resources on line

•  Artist Studies
• Watercolours and notebooks Articles, Tips & Advice
• watercolour charts 
• Chalk Pastel Tutorials
• Harrington Harmonies Art Lessons
• Dry Brush Watercolour Painting  
• Water Colour Dry Brush 
• Oils
• Drawing For Young Children
• What Do You See? A Child's First Introduction To Art 
• Ken Harris Art School
• Want to Learn Art?  A list for Elementary, Middle and High School

Homeschool Friends recommend these art programs

•  You Are an Artist Chalk Art Pastel Lessons
• ARTistic Pursuits
• How Great Thou Art
• Let There Be Art
• ArtHub for Kids
• Art Achieve
• SchoolhouseTeachers.com

I would love to hear what YOU have used to teach art in your homeschool.

Blessings
Chareen

 

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