George Gershwin Composer Study
I hope these resources come in handy as you plan a study of George Gershwin! George Gershwin Classics for Kids Books We’ll Read CD’s We’ll Listen To
Fine Arts
The Thinker and Other Rodin Fun
We’ve had a fun month studying Rodin (despite my preference for paintings over sculpture.) I’ve been rather slow posting our projects, so here are two weeks worth of projects. After studying The Hand of God and other hand sculptures, we completed 2-dimensional abstract hand drawings. The kids simply traced their hands and used at least…
Rousseau Resources
We have LOVED our time spent with Rousseau! Henri Rousseau Artist Study Resources Olga’s Gallery Monkeys in a Jungle Lesson Ideas KinderArt – Fantasy Jungle Lesson Plan Page – Stained Glass Books We Read
Vivaldi Resources
Antonio Vivaldi Composer Study Resources Classics for Kids Book We Read CD’s We Listened To
Rousseau’s Jungle Paintings
I am loving Henri Rousseau’s style. It’s somewhat of a folk style with lots of bright colors. Combine that with whimsical scenes and it makes me smile. So many of the artists we’ve studied have been too serious for me, but the lighter side of Rousseau has revived my artist’s eye! Rousseau spent many days…
Frederic Chopin
Frederic Chopin Composer Study Resources Classics for Kids Listen Book We’ll Read
Paul Cezanne
Paul Cezanne Artist Study Resources Olga’s Gallery The Mount Sainte-Victoire Still-life with Apples House and Trees Boy in a Red Waistcoat Lesson Ideas Cezanne Still-life Math Lesson for Older Students Cubism Lesson Books We’ll Read
Ending our Month Spent with Wildflowers
I admit that wildflowers are quite possibly my favorite of all nature studies. I’m always in awe of God’s creativeness, beauty and majesty through such delicate little things like wildflowers. I’m also amazed at how each season presents me with new flowers that I’ve never noticed before – each with awesome characteristics that are different…
Composer Study – Frederic Chopin
Frederic Chopin Study Resources Classics for Kids Listen Book We’ll Read
Artist Study – Paul Cezanne
Our Cezanne study… Paul Cezanne Olga’s Gallery Lesson Ideas Cezanne Still-life Math Lesson for Older Students Cubism Lesson Books We’ll Read
Cincinnati Art Museum Field Trip
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…
Van Gogh Resources
Van Gogh Artist Study Resources Vincent Van Gogh Lesson Ideas Sunflowers Starry Night 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…