Fine Arts
The following project areas are available under fine arts:
Oil/Acrylic Watercolor Crayon Graphic Arts (silkscreen, block print, lithographs, collage, computer generated images) Drawing Sculpture Hand or Wheel thrown pottery |
Art Resources:
Art Printables from Layers-of-Learning Ellen McHenry's Basement Workshop - Art Projects: http://www.ellenjmchenry.com/homeschool-freedownloads/art-games/index.php Art Resources from Donna Young |
Are you interested in an Independent Art Study Program? Check out these resources:
Half-a-Hundred Acre Wood: The writer of this blog has compiled links to some of the best drawing resources into one place. If you are interested in learning to draw, this is a gold-mine of information. http://www.halfahundredacrewood.com/2012/06/classical-conversations-fine-arts.html
CD Painting Course: http://www.learnandmaster.com/painting/
Lily and Thistle - Living a Creative Life at Home: https://www.lilyandthistle.com/
"One day I was re-reading an address given by one of my favorite spiritual leaders, Dieter F. Uchtdorf, and my paradigm shifted. I’ll share a bit of what I read here:
How to Teach Nature Journaling with John Muir Laws https://johnmuirlaws.com/product/how-to-teach-nature-journaling/
Drawing with Children:
Now in a revised and expanded edition, this perennial best-seller is the definitive guide for parents and teachers on how to encourage drawing.
Mona Brookes' easy-to-follow, lesson-by-lesson approach to drawing has yielded astounding results with children of all ages and beginning adults. Her unique drawing program has created a revolution in the field of education and a sense of delight and pride among the thousands of students who have learned to draw through her "Monart Method."
Half-a-Hundred Acre Wood: The writer of this blog has compiled links to some of the best drawing resources into one place. If you are interested in learning to draw, this is a gold-mine of information. http://www.halfahundredacrewood.com/2012/06/classical-conversations-fine-arts.html
CD Painting Course: http://www.learnandmaster.com/painting/
Lily and Thistle - Living a Creative Life at Home: https://www.lilyandthistle.com/
"One day I was re-reading an address given by one of my favorite spiritual leaders, Dieter F. Uchtdorf, and my paradigm shifted. I’ll share a bit of what I read here:
- “The desire to create is one of the deepest yearnings of the human soul. No matter our talents, education, backgrounds, or abilities, we each have an inherent wish to create something that did not exist before. Our birthright—and the purpose of our great voyage on this earth—is to seek and experience eternal happiness. One of the ways we find this is by creating things.”
- That day I realized that the worlds of art and motherhood don’t have to be in competition with each other. I am made to create (and so are you!). That longing comes from the One who created us. Creativity is part of our heritage – it is at the core of who we are. Of course, it can be part of our lives during the years of mothering! In fact, I have found that making creativity part of our family life has actually added to my efforts – bringing me closer to the mom I want to be.
How to Teach Nature Journaling with John Muir Laws https://johnmuirlaws.com/product/how-to-teach-nature-journaling/
- John Muir Laws blog: https://johnmuirlaws.com/blog/
Drawing with Children:
Now in a revised and expanded edition, this perennial best-seller is the definitive guide for parents and teachers on how to encourage drawing.
Mona Brookes' easy-to-follow, lesson-by-lesson approach to drawing has yielded astounding results with children of all ages and beginning adults. Her unique drawing program has created a revolution in the field of education and a sense of delight and pride among the thousands of students who have learned to draw through her "Monart Method."
- Review: "If you're looking for a self-guided book to hand to your child - this is not it. If you are looking for a catalogue of drawings to mimic, this is not it. If you secretly wished you could draw, but think you can't, or if you want to learn how to help your child draw - this is the book for you. I have had this book for three years love it. I am considering replacing it because I've used it so much it's falling apart!"
ARTistic Pursuits is a unique homeschool art program designed to involve children in the creative process while developing skills of observation. The text seamlessly integrates all components of a fine art education by engaging students in building a visual vocabulary and using critical thinking skills as they explore creativity, art history, art appreciation, and art techniques using real art materials and tools. Students love the inviting, full-color art lessons that teach both expressive and technical aspects of art while allowing them to make choices about what and how they will draw, paint, and sculpt.
Learn more about Artistic Pursuits at: http://www.artisticpursuits.com
Learn more about Artistic Pursuits at: http://www.artisticpursuits.com
Watercolor Journaling:
Click here to learn more about online classes.
These days it seems that everyone has some kind of online journal or blog. For nearly 15 years, amateur and professional artists Christina Lopp and Gay Kraeger have been teaching how to create a journal of your own, but on paper with drawings in pen and watercolors. Teaching in their one-day workshop and 6-week long classes (as well as some fun art retreats), they have been introducing students to the basics of drawing & water coloring in a format that is well-suited for personal journals.
As the world gets more immediate, more online and easy to delete, the journal is a low tech, highly tactile method of capturing aspects of your world. A variation on the written journal is an illustrated journal -- adding the richness of hand drawn images to words.
Taught by Christina Lopp and Gay Kraeger, all of the workshops are recommended for artists and non-artists alike. It is a non-threatening, easy-going class that covers the basics of drawing, writing, watercoloring and journaling.
In the class, Illustrated Watercolor Journaling students learn how to pay attention to their world and see -- then draw -- things that are important to them. Anything might strike fancies – a child’s soccer game, the first tomato of the season, or images from vacations. Life won't be boring again.
Click here to learn more about online classes.
These days it seems that everyone has some kind of online journal or blog. For nearly 15 years, amateur and professional artists Christina Lopp and Gay Kraeger have been teaching how to create a journal of your own, but on paper with drawings in pen and watercolors. Teaching in their one-day workshop and 6-week long classes (as well as some fun art retreats), they have been introducing students to the basics of drawing & water coloring in a format that is well-suited for personal journals.
As the world gets more immediate, more online and easy to delete, the journal is a low tech, highly tactile method of capturing aspects of your world. A variation on the written journal is an illustrated journal -- adding the richness of hand drawn images to words.
Taught by Christina Lopp and Gay Kraeger, all of the workshops are recommended for artists and non-artists alike. It is a non-threatening, easy-going class that covers the basics of drawing, writing, watercoloring and journaling.
In the class, Illustrated Watercolor Journaling students learn how to pay attention to their world and see -- then draw -- things that are important to them. Anything might strike fancies – a child’s soccer game, the first tomato of the season, or images from vacations. Life won't be boring again.