by Julie | Art, Art Education, Classical Conversations, Homeschool, Inspiration
Deanna & Julie discuss Grandma Moses: Who was Grandma Moses? What were her paintings like? Why should we study her? Join us as we chat about the life and works of this American icon and grow to truly appreciate her paintings. Listen on iTunes | Listen on...
by Julie | Art, Art Education, Classical Conversations, Homeschool
Deanna and Julie have a fun discussion about art history. We chat about why studying art history is so important, why starting with a big picture framework is best, and how my Art History Overview chart is arranged to be as helpful as possible. (50:23) Art History...
by Julie | Art, Art Education, Classical Conversations, Homeschool, Podcast
I’m getting excited thinking about our upcoming unit on American Artists! Every January and February we do six art projects, each focused on one artist per project. Studying these historical artists is such a fun way to incorporate a little art history into our...
by Julie | Art, Art Education, Freebie, Homeschool, Inspiration, Podcast
In this podcast episode, Deanna and Julie discuss tracing! Listen on iTunes | Listen on Google Play | Listen on Stitcher Here’s the Highlights: I’m a big advocate for tracing. I hope to make sure the whole world knows that there’s nothing wrong...
by Julie | Art, FavoriteThings, Freebie, Homeschool, Inspiration
I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving and that you get to enjoy some relaxing time with friends and family. I also hope you have some time set aside to practice gratitude. Being thankful has so many advantages! The First Thanksgiving The painting pictured here is...
by Julie | Art, Art Education, Classical Conversations, Homeschool, Podcast
In this podcast episode, Deanna and Julie discuss the Ridge Light Ranch blog post about Handwriting and Art (Listen to it on Podcast Episode 7 or read it on the blog post). Listen on iTunes | Listen on Google Play | Listen on Stitcher Here’s the...