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This page is a summary of all our art appreciation lessons, art activities and downloads.
We use Charlotte Mason‘s art appreciation approach. She says,
“Children should learn pictures, line by line, group by group, reading, not books, but pictures themselves … After a short story of the artist’s life … the pictures are studied one at a time. Children learn not merely to see a picture but to look at it, taking in every detail.”
Charlotte Mason recommended studying one artist at a time so children become aware of that artist’s style and can recognize his works even when that particular painting was not studied. Pop over to these pages for all the free downloads ~(click the titles to go to the pages)
1. Famous Artists Page
These pages includes a wall chart, biography pages and a lapbook on famous artists for you to download for free.
2. Famous Impressionist Page
These pages includes a wall chart, an Impressionist Lapbook and biography pages as free downloads.
3. Art Era Timeline Page
Art Appreciation Lessons
(Click on the title under each picture to visit the original post for the techniques, websites and practical tips for each art appreciation lesson.)
Famous Artists
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo Pastel Portraits with free sketch outline
Pablo Picasso
Henri Matisse
Matisse “Red Studio” Inspiration
Jackson Pollock
Georgia O’Keeffe
Georgia O’Keeffe paintings with her famous quotes with biography page
Free download ~ Georgia O’Keeffe quotes and gallery
Zoom in Georgia O’Keeffe Flowers
Impressionists
Van Gogh
Finding Perspective in Van Gogh’s “Bedroom in Auwers”
Van Gogh “Starry Night” ~ Art Appreciation
George Seurat
Seurat’s “Sunday Afternoon on the Island” Art Appreciation
3D Model of Seurat’s “Bathers at Asnieres”
Visit Notebooking Fairy for some free notebooking pages Pointillism on Seurat
Paul Cezanne
Appreciating Cezanne’s Cubist Landscapes
Claude Monet
Painting our Monet Inspired Houses of Parliament
Our Monet inspired “Water Lily Pond” Paintings
Henri Toulouse-Lautrec
Henri Toulouse-Lautrec Posters ~ Appreciation Lesson Ideas
Camille Pissarro
Mary Cassatt
Art Appreciation ~ Mary Cassatt
Paul Gauguin
Paul Signac
An Easy Signac “Lighthouse of Portrieux” Art Lesson
Alfred Sisley
Berthe Morisot
Impressed with Berthe Morisot’s “The Butterfly Catchers”*
- Berthe’s Woman Sewing in Her Garden
Collage of Berthe’s The Cradle
Edouard Vuillard
Other Art Lessons
Drawing with Children by Mona Brookes
Warm-Ups Works!
Download a free pdf. version of her chart ~ The 5 basic elements of shape
Starting a Still Life
South African Artist
Jacob Hendrick Pierneef
Art Appreciation – using a grid to enlarge a Pierneef painting
I continue to add our art activities to this page, so please click on my RSS feed or subscribe to receive emails of my latest posts just under my Gravatar.
I hope these art lessons inspire you to give art a try in your homeschool! 
I’d love to hear from you ~ if you have enjoyed a download, need advice or just wish to contact me, please feel free to write. I will respond to your private email via the contact form on my About Me page.
Blessings,
Thank you for sharing. I am getting lots of ideas for next year.
Ada
Nadene, you really deserve this Versatile Blog Award:
http://web.me.com/kuitenbrouwer/Paula_Kuitenbrouwer/Be_Creative_Blog/Entries/2010/7/26_Thank_you_for_the_Versatile_Blog_Award.html
Enjoy!
So sweet of you ~ thank you Paula!
I am very interested in the Artists and Composers, I think it will be so fun for my girls!! But I am curious, when working on your timeline, do you “teach” the composers and artists from the same time period?? This is something we have never done, our first year to think “out of the box” so to speak…so I am learning right along w/them!
@Mandy, I use the timeline just for reference when we study an artist. Sometimes it helps to put the Famous Musicians/ Composers with famous Artists in eras on our timeline so that we can see periods of art and music (e.g.: Baroque, Romantic, Modern, impressionist). I love learning along with my kids too!
My husband and I are big art geeks, so I was thrilled to find this page from Pinterest. I love it! My daughter is just getting into coloring and I want to start her out right. Thanks for sharing your hard work.
Wow, oh wow!! This is so wonderful – your children have really accomplished some expressive tasks! they should feel proud. Nice work. My three year old son colors for five minutes, then organizes his crayons and fights them against ‘bad guys’ for half an hour! Not an artist so much
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thanks so much for sharing these! cheers, t
@Tracey, thank you! Your son’s creativity is clearly awakened – he’s only 3 and already keeping himself happily creative for so long! Just gently give him time, creative opportunities and grace and he’ll amaze you with his artistic flair as he matures!
How am I just now finding these??? Pinned it and sharing it via my Facebook page too. Thank you SO much!!
This is fantastic!!!! Thank you so much for posting!
We Love Art!!! Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful gifts and ideas with the world!!
what a wonderful website….I teach art and agree with your philosophy. ..x
thank you so much for this, my Little Man already has lots of art surrounding him and he is a sponge, so can’t wait to use some of your tips and printouts
Thank you for creating these lessons! I look forward to implementing your ideas.
Excellent work! You have really thought these lessons through. I’m a middle school art teacher and think you are wonderful! THANK YOU for sharing. LIFE is ART.
This looks wonderful! Thanks for sharing your work!
Hello Nadene, I stopped by your page looking for inspiration for my elementary art school projects. But when I saw the spelling of your name I had to leave a message!. My daughters’ name is also Nadene, It is so rare to see it with the older spelling she was so excited., thanks for your art lessons.I really like your VanGogh page.
Have a great day
Many thanks! Very nice idea.
Love this for helping me plan our art appreciation coop next fall.
This is really nice! And helpful ideas too.
Adventures of a Homeschool Mom
Brilliant!!!!!!
Great stuff!! You are awesome! I will be coming back many times.
Came here via Pinterest, looking for the coloring pages. My hubby and I don’t have kids, but this will definitely be a resource for nieces and nephews in the future! We are both art buffs, and this will be a great way for us to share our love of art with future generations!
I found you via Pinterest too — my older daughter is 5 and loves coloring and drawing, so I’m excited to give her some ideas (and gently let her know that there is no “right” way to make art).
Thanks for sharing your lessons!
@formerlibrarianspice, welcome and enjoy!
Thank you so much Nadine for taking the time to first create the note pages and then to let us use them. Between you and jimmie all my notebooking needs are met! I’ll be using your blank ones to go with our study of Cimabue.
It’s always fun to look at art ideas, see new ones and also say, “Hey, I’ve done that!”
Thanks for sharing the great Artists & Ideas!!
Marla
I too found you on Pinterest. I was looking for some art exampls of different artists to show to my granddaughter. She will soon be 7, and she shows a talent and an eye for art that I want to encourage. I want her to learn, but I don’t want her to lose the fresh vision that she seems to have. Any recommendations on how to do that?
I found this on pinterest on accident and I can’t tell you how much I LOVE this. My girls are both very artistic and so I’d love to encourage them anyway I can! Thank you so much!!
http://thisfineday.com/