5 Aug

ARTISTIC PURSUITS HOMESCHOOL ART CURRICULUM K-8 REVIEW AND GIVEAWAY!

The Artisitic Pursuits approach to teaching art is a welcome departure from typical art instruction books. This award winning homeschool art program meets the specific needs of homeschoolers at home. A variety of fun applications teach both the expressive and technical aspects of art while allowing children to make choices about what and how they will draw, paint, and sculpt. Assignments work within the stages of artistic development of children and guide them to mature artistic expression in the visual arts.

Artistic Pursuits, Grades K-3 Book One, An Introduction to the Visual Arts 2ND EDITION

Recommended to read one lesson per week and your child’s creative efforts will flourish. From art educators to moms with no art experience; all are successfully teaching children art using ARTistic Pursuits. They write, “these books are extremely well written” “organized” “user-friendly format” “It works!”. Lessons capture students interests and imaginations while introducing the fundamental principles of art. Lessons are divided into three sections as follows:

What Artists Do: Ten lessons cover activities artists engage in when making art such as imagining and observing. Students explore drawing and painting techniques, gaining experience in pencil, color, and brush work.

What Artists See: Seven lessons cover the elements that artists use in 2-dimesional and 3-dimensional works such as shape, form, and color. Students explore collage, paper works, and color mixing. Students gain experience in handling scissors, glue, and paper forms.

Exploring Ancient Art: Fifteen lessons cover ancient art from the cave paintings of France to book illumination of the 13th century. Students see that art is more than just a painting on a wall. Cultures used it in different ways and for different purposes. Lessons expand students ideas of what art is and where it is seen. Students explore mural, pottery, low-relief, paper art, bookbinding, mosaic techniques and more.

Here is an example of Lesson One (to see the FULL lesson go HERE)

My Review:

I felt that my Kindergartner was very capable of this curriculum. Artistic Pursuits did a fantastic job gearing it to each age group. My son particulary enjoyed answering the questions that go along with the artists painting. Then after reviewing the lesson the hands on section of the curriculum was his favorite! This art curriculum does a wonderful job opening up children’s minds to use their imagaination. I also like how they give you a materials list inside the book so prior to starting the Curriculum you can go get everything you will need at once. I will be using books 2 and 3 in this series for K-8. I like how they break done each century, etc.

When we completed The Look At Compostion from lesson one my son thought about what he had seen he drew a picture of his brother at the table.

Buy It:
You can purchase Artistic Pursuits, Grades K-3 Book One, An Introduction to the Visual Arts 2ND EDITION for $42.95 directly from Artistic Pursuits.

As well as offering Book One, An Introduction to the Visual Arts, Artistic Pursuits has 2 other great books for K-8: Artistic Pursuits Grades K-3 Book Two, Stories of Artists and Their Art 2ND EDITION and Artistic Pursuits Grades K-3 Book Three, Modern Painting and Sculpture 2nd EDITION.

Artistic Pursuits offers art cirriculums all the way to 12th grade!

Grades 4-6 – Artistic Pursuits offers: ARTistic Pursuits, Book One, The Elements of Art and Composition 2ND EDITION, ARTistic Pursuits, Book Two, Color and Composition 2ND EDITION.

Junior High – Artistic Pursuits, Junior High Book One, The Elements of Art and Composition 2ND EDITION and Artistic Pursuits, Junior High Book Two, Color and Composition 2ND EDITION.

Senior High – Artistic Pursuits, Senior High Book One, The Elements of Art and Composition 2ND EDITION and Artistic Pursuits, Senior High Book Two, Color and Composition 2ND EDITION.

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This was not a paid post and honest opinions were used. The opinions are solely my own may vary from others. Thank you to Artistic Pursuits who supplied this product for the review and the giveaway.

Future Artistic Pursuits user/artist! My 15 month who insisted on looking at the book too!