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How We Do Art

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September 17, 2018 By Jennifer Lambert 9 Comments

Art is very important in our home and homeschool.

My parents discounted and disapproved of my love of art and I was only allowed to take one semester in 10th grade. I still have that portfolio.

I loved and still love viewing art, but I believed that creating was a waste of time because my parents drilled that into me for years. I’m learning to overcome that now.

I want my kids to appreciate and understand art, and love creating.

We often hike in nature to celebrate the artistic beauty of creation. We learn art history, visit museums, read books about art and creativity, take classes, and create some of our own projects!

Art History

We learn about the major art themes and techniques along with our regular history studies. It really helps tie everything together for us.

My eldest is considering majoring in art history.

Art Appreciation

Like literature, I want my kids exposed to art and learn to appreciate it. Some we love and others…we just don’t.

We celebrate the human body and achievements of great artists.

We go to lots of museums. My kids beg to go to museums. Almost all our European travels revolved around viewing art and churches.

  • Städel Museum in Frankfurt, Germany
  • Paris
  • Florence, Italy
  • Rome
  • Venice
  • Netherlands
  • Greece
  • London
  • Ireland
  • Bruges, Belgium
  • Dayton Art Institute in Ohio
  • Art Institute and City Art in Chicago

25+ favorite books about art and creativity:

We buy books at the museums we visit so we can remember our favorite pieces.

I collect art history textbooks (there’s a free bin at our library).

We love living books about art and artists and often check them out at our library.

Picture books often have stunning illustrations.

  1. Draw Write Now series
  2. Draw and Write through History series
  3. ARTistic Pursuits series
  4. The Story of Architecture
  5. Sister Wendy Beckett art books
  6. The Annotated Mona Lisa: A Crash Course in Art History from Prehistoric to Post-Modern
  7. Gardner’s Art through the Ages: A Global History 
  8. David Macaulay books
  9. Art: A World History
  10. A World of Art
  11. The Usborne Introduction to Art
  12. The Children’s Interactive Story of Art
  13. Child’s Introduction to Art
  14. Discovering Great Artists
  15. Art Lab for Kids and Drawing Lab and Paint Lab
  16. Drawing With Children and Drawing for Older Children & Teens
  17. Storybook Art 
  18. Great American Artists for Kids
  19. Ed Emberley drawing books
  20. Catherine V Holmes drawing books
  21. Global Art
  22. The Day the Crayons Quit and The Day the Crayons Came Home
  23. Monsters Love Colors
  24. Mouse Paint
  25. Little Blue and Little Yellow
  26. The Dot
  27. Herve Tullet books
  28. Anholt’s Artists Books For Children
  29. James Mayhew books
  30. Mike Venezia biographies

Notebooking and Unit Studies

Of course we love notebooking and this is a great way to synthesize our knowledge about art and artists.

  • Michelangelo
  • Bernini
  • van Gogh
  • Art Journals
  • Creating Books
  • Impressionism Study
  • Leaf Nature Study

Projects and Crafts

We’ve done some arts and crafts to go along with our science and history studies. We also create just for fun sometimes.

We’re all about the process.

As soon as kids are past preschool age, I recommend purchasing the best supplies you can afford so kids get used to using real art tools.

  • Tie Dye Shirts
  • Writing Cuneiforms in Clay
  • Illumination Initials
  • Dragon Puppets
  • Henna Hands
  • Ancient Greek Vases
  • Birds Nest Chalk Pastels
  • Spring Chalk Pastels
  • Scrub Jays Chalk Pastels
  • Leaf Critter Crafts
  • Leaf Rubbings
  • Fall Tree Crafts
  • Halloween Crafts
  • Exploring Texture with Paint
  • Rain Painting
  • Ice Painting
  • Snow Painting
  • Abstract
  • Snowflake Resist Painting
  • Winter Nature Drawing

Classes

Sometimes, outsourcing education is the way to go. Yes, it’s expensive and time consuming, but my knowledge and abilities are limited. Also, I don’t have to gather supplies or clean anything up.

I taught stART (Story+Art) one year at a homeschool co-op in Utah.

My eldest took some amazing art classes at ARTWorks in San Antonio, Texas, for our first two years homeschooling.

We’ve been taking classes at SPARK Art Studio in Kettering, Ohio, the last couple years.

Local YMCA and community centers often offer art classes.

My kids like the Notability app. They love playing with the Home Design app.

Computer programs: Inkscape, Tux Paint…all the Adobe creation apps and programs (I haven’t paid for yet).

Drawing and Painting lessons from Easy Peasy Homeschool.

This art curricula list from The Homeschool Mom.

Drawspace – 15% of the content on Drawspace.com is free.

Atelier art lessons online. Arts Attack Publications has stood for superior quality in art instruction for decades now and is exclusively devoted to developing and publishing high quality, easy-to-teach, video-based visual art lessons for children.

Homeschool art from Schoolhouse Teachers.

Sparketh offers different levels of online art classes.

Art curricula reviews from Cathy Duffy.

You Are An Artist online lessons:

Artist Clubhouse Video Art Lessons Sampler

How do you study art in your home or homeschool?

Famous Artists & Picture Study Notebooking Pages
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Comments

  1. Calleen Petersen says

    September 26, 2018 at 12:15 pm

    I’m jealous you were able to go to such awesome museums and churches! What a great education.

    Reply
  2. Jessi's Design says

    September 26, 2018 at 1:01 pm

    This is fabulous! Thanks for sharing – I’m all about art and so is Miss Andi!

    Reply
  3. April J Harris says

    September 26, 2018 at 4:09 pm

    This post is a fabulous resource, Jennifer! I’ve pinned it to my Homeschooling Board on Pinterest and will share it around. Art is so important, and it sometimes gets forgotten in favour of technology, when actually both are a vital part of our lives today. Thank you for sharing, and for being a part of the Hearth and Soul Link Party. Hope you are having a good week!

    Reply
  4. Gayl says

    September 27, 2018 at 1:15 pm

    I love the way your kids are learning art! This is a great way to homeschool . Blessings to you! I’m your neighbor at #HeartEncouragement.

    Reply
  5. Donna Reidland says

    September 28, 2018 at 10:33 am

    You always provide such great resources. I wish I had bloggers like you to follow many years ago when I was homeschooling. Blessings to you!

    Reply
  6. Sherry Legan says

    September 29, 2018 at 7:34 pm

    This was a Fabulous post. I loved it. I have featured your post at the Fabulous party!
    I included your photo and link on the sidebar. I also featured your post on my
    Happy Homemaker in Texas post on Saturday and it will be linked to the party on Monday. And, when I get around to it (sorry) I’ll be sure and pin!
    Thanks for sharing. Your post was a blessing to me!

    Reply
    • Jennifer says

      October 1, 2018 at 9:18 am

      aw, thanks so much!

      Reply
  7. Rachel says

    October 1, 2018 at 12:45 pm

    “We’re all about the process.” Love that! These are some of the things I miss about home schooling my children. But we do try to get in some fun artwork wherever we can!

    Reply
  8. Tina at Mommynificent says

    October 2, 2018 at 11:06 pm

    I have a budding artist so thanks for sharing these great resources! Thanks for sharing this at Booknificent Thursday on Mommynificent.com!
    Tina

    Reply

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