Art Study

We have been studying Monet this month.  Yesterday we watched Linnea in Monet’s Garden on Netflix.  It was a great mixture of cartoon animation with actual pictures of Monet’s paintings.  Linnea and Mr. Bloom travel to Paris, France to visit Monet’s Garden.  I loved how they had actual videography of the peonies from his garden.  Wednesday [...]

Did you know that Renoir and Monet were best friends?  I didn’t know that!  Today we read pages 45-48 of Monet and the Impressionists for Kids.  Renoir is the artist we are studying currently.  Our “curriculum” is Harmony Fine Arts Modern Era.  Today we studied Mother Anthony’s Inn at Marlotte. Credit: Auguste Renoir Gallery For [...]

I was introduced to Harmony Art Mom through Petra School.  Greatly impressed with the lesson plans, I purchased Grade 8 for our study this year.  Each unit includes art appreciation, as well as a composer study.  Upon completion, we will have observed a total 6 composers & artists. Weeks 1-6 Renoir/Tchaikovsky Weeks 7-12 Cassatt/Prokofiev Weeks [...]

From Amazon/Booklist In Katie Meets the Impressionists , the incorrigible girl climbed in and out of several impressionist paintings. This time, while Grandma rests on a museum bench, Katie convinces a sad Mona Lisa to leave her portrait in order to regain her famous smile. Katie leads the lady to several other famous Italian Renaissance [...]

We picked up this book kit at a Border’s clearance sale.  There are a total of 27 demonstrations which we have scheduled into lessons.  The book is designed to be used by all ages and covers a wide range of mediums, introductions and techniques. The kit also includes 30 sheets of Pastel Papers and a [...]

Yesterday before I could even get my lesson plan started, Missy had a plan.  She announced a drawing contest.  The rules were you had to draw something silly involving Skittles®**. Missy’s picture included narrating her story about Miss Lincoln who isn’t really Miss Lincoln.  She pretends to be Miss Lincoln so she can steal Abe’s Skittles®.  [...]