Artist Study – Paul Cezanne
Posted by Cindy on May 11, 2009
Our Cezanne study…
The Mount Sainte-Victoire
Still-life with Apples
House and Trees
Boy in a Red Waistcoat
Lesson Ideas
Math Lesson for Older Students
Books We’ll Read
Cincinnati Art Museum Field Trip
Posted by Cindy on May 4, 2009
Our homeschool group visited the Cincinnati Art Museum last week. What a wonderful trip!! We knew we’d see art and hoped we find art by a famous artist or two, but had no idea how many famous artist’s works they have. I’ve included a BUNCH of pictures, but this only scratches the surface of treasures we found! And even better – the trip was FREE!
(Sorry for the slant to the pictures. The only way to take a decent picture without an awful glare was to take it from the side. And these pictures don’t do the artwork one bit of justice!)
Really from Egypt!
Matteo di Giovanni
Grant Wood
Charles Russell
Theodore Rousseau
Van Gogh – My Favorite!!
Claude Monet
Mary Cassatt – My Second Favorite!
Pierre Auguste Renior
Paul Cezanne
Pablo Picasso
Marc Chagall
Andy Warhol
Joan Miro
I’m ready to go back and take more time to really observe the art – without a two year old would help! Fair warning – if you decide to go, realize there are nudes and it’s hard to avoid them.
Van Gogh Resources
Posted by Cindy on March 27, 2009
Van Gogh Artist Study Resources
Lesson Ideas
Sunflowers
Starry Night
Apricot Trees in Blossom
Almond Tree in Blossom
Blossoming Almond Tree
I chose the three paintings above for the purpose of learning to draw trees this spring as they begin to blossom.
Books We Read
Here’s the last art/nature project of the Van Gogh month. After doing picture studies of the spring trees above, we went outside to find trees and bushes in bloom and the kiddos completed their own spring artwork.
Van Gogh’s Sunflowers
Posted by Cindy on March 11, 2009
After reading Camille and the Sunflowers
The directions in a nutshell:
Use a pencil to draw a vase, table line and the flowers.
Go over all or most pencil lines with a black marker.
Use oil pastels to finish the masterpiece!
Renoir
Posted by Cindy on February 26, 2009
Pierre August Renoir Artist Study Resources
A Girl With a Watering Can
La Grenouillere
Luncheon of the Boating Party
Picking Flowers
Websites To Visit
Renoir Gallery *Warning: Preview these as Renoir painted many nudes!
Books To Read
We have LOVED Renoir! In this week’s lesson, the children chose Renoir’s painting below (Oarsmen at Chatou) to try to replicate.
Mahayla’s
Caleb’s
