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Visual Arts Curriculum for Homeschoolers

by Julie Shepherd Knapp, copyright 2006


Curriculum, programs, online tutorials, and ordering supplies for art...



Art Curriculum

Artistic Pursuits: The Curricula for Creativity  -- (K - 12) complete
instructional curriculum covers three or four years in each volume and  
teaches both the expressive and technical aspects of art

GeeArt -- a reasonably priced online interactive art appreciation
program, lessons are presented by animated characters, free demo   

Exploring Art Media -- a one-year curriculum equivalent to a year of
high school art, but OK for grades 5 and up, includes    


Atelier  -- (PreK - 10) video based art curriculum, covers art elements
and principles, art history, media exploration, creative self-expression,
cultural appreciation, right-brain drawing techniques


Meet the Masters -- a complete art curriculum, includes CD-ROM,
teacher's guide with scripted lesson plans, art supplies available
separately,  each lesson features a different artist and covers particular
elements of art, children then complete a project simulating the style of
the featured artist   


Visual Manna -- several art instruction, appreciation, and art history
resources, also learn history, English, geography, the Bible, and science
thru art, techniques include following the steps to correctly draw animals
and using a grid to copy drawings, sample lessons online


Animals in Art: Animal Symbolism from The Incredible @rt Department
-- a collection of resources (history, culture, artists) and lesson plans


The Phonics of Drawing -- from Masterpiece Art Instruction,
step-by-step drawing instruction on CD, other CDs available for other
media


Storybook Art: Hands-On Art for Children in the Styles of 100
Favorite Picture Book Illustrators and Preschool Art It's the
Process, Not the Product
and Discovering Great Artists: Hands-On
Art for Children in the Styles of the Great Masters
 and many others
by MaryAnn F. Kohl - great project ideas that emphasize the experience
of creating and enjoying the medium.. not copywork or trying to make a
picture that others will "like"


Middle School and High School Art Curriculum from Brownsburg
Communty Schools -- outline of the art curriculum for a public school


Architecture -- a compilation of links to great websites from the
Incredible @rt Department


ArtsEdge Lessons -- from the Kennedy Center, hundreds of free online
lesson plans in music, art, dance, and theater




Other Art Resources

How Do I Teach Art?

Free Online Art Lesson Plans

Free Online "How-To's" and Project Ideas

Helpful and Instructional Art Books

Art History and Appreciation

Visual Arts Online Enrichment

Resources for Self-Directed Study in Art



Online Sources for Supplies

Utrect -- art supplies and materials

SculptShop.com -- tools for sculpting in all media

Dick Blick -- art materials and supplies, retail stores, too

Cheap Joe's -- materials and supplies (mostly painting and drawing)

Flax Art and Design -- art materials plus gifts, toys, games,

Joann Fabric and Crafts -- art, craft, fabric supplies, retail stores, too

Block Sets -- the ultimate wooden blocks



Check out Homeschooling by Subject  for resources that
integrate art into the study of other subjects
"There is no right way and no wrong way to do art.
There is only your way."  -- MaryAnn F. Kohl
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