Art in Your Homeschool {Not Back to School Blog Hop 2019}

Welcome to day one of the annual Homeschool Review Crew Not Back to School Blog Hop.  Today's topic is A = Art in Your Homeschool.  I have a confession to make.  I have a love hate relationship with art in our homeschool.  Today I would like to share a list of books, web resources and Art Curriculum that we have used over the last two decades to teach art in our homeschool.

During my time with the Homeschool Review Crew we have been introduced to some amazing products which have made adding Art to our Homeschool so much easier. Here are a few we have enjoyed over the years and are well worth investing in:

•  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.
• Last year 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.
• We have also done numerous different art projects and show cased them here on the blog along with links to the source tutorials via the Virtual Fridge. 
• SchoolhouseTeachers.com has some  fabulous Art Classes for your homeschool. These lessons are specifically designed to be used in your home.

The Master and His Apprentices: Art History from a Christian Perspective is an amazing text to use to teach art history.

If you have students that are interested in learning Natural History Illustration be sure to check out the FREE edX course: Drawing Nature, Science and Cultrue: Natural History Illustration 101.

Mondrian Inspired Art

Over the years we have completed a few Artist Unit Studies:

• Claude Monet - Artist / Art
• Wayne Thiebaud - Artist / Art
• Piet Mondrian - Artist / Art

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

 Beautiful Books on Studying Artists
(Libraries are an excellent resource to teach for FREE)

• The Usborne ART Treasury
• Finger Print Drawing Book
• Global Art
• The Usborne Book of Famous Paintings 
• Katie and the Waterlily Pond  
• Katie and the Mona Lisa
• The Children's Book of ART 
• A Year in Art A Painting a Day
• The Children's Book of Art by Rosie Dickins

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.

I asked some homeschool friends what they would recommend and they said:

•  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

• CREW @ Homeschool Review Crew - 2019 Annual Not Back to School Homeschool Blog Hop 
• Dawn @ Schoolin' Swag - Adding Fun to Your Homeschool Day
• Erin @ For Him and My Family - Large Family Homeschooling
• Lori @ At Home Where Life Happens - Learning Life Skills
• Monique @ Mountain of Grace Homeschooling - Homeschooling the High School Years
• Monique D. @ Early Learning Mom - Homeschooling With Autism 
• Yvie @ Homeschool On the Range - 5 Days of Upper Grades Homeschooling

There are over thirty home educating mom's participating in this years Not back to School Blog Hop.  Grab a cup of tea and take a look through the linky below for some homeschool Encouragement today.