by Julie | Art, Art Education, Homeschool, Inspiration, Personal
Save for Later - CLICK HERE to download this post as a PDF.Over the last few weeks I’ve been working on creating the Amazing American Artist lesson plans, which we’ll be using in our homeschool community in January. Each lesson plan is a combination of...
by Julie | Art, Art Education, Classical Conversations, Homeschool
Save for Later - CLICK HERE to download this post as a PDF.In the 6th week of each year, we have a final drawing project to finish our six-week fine arts unit on drawing. This coming year (Classical Conversations, Cycle 3) we’ll be making an altered version...
by Julie | Art, Art Education, Classical Conversations, Homeschool, Products
Save for Later - CLICK HERE to download this post as a PDF.In our Classical Conversations Foundations community, we study anatomy in cycle 3. As part of our anatomy unit, we have a fun experiment we do the very first week in science where we create an optical...
by Julie | Art, Art Education, Classical Conversations, Homeschool
Save for Later - CLICK HERE to download this post as a PDF.In week 4 of our homeschool community we’ll be doing an abstract art project. Did you know some of the earliest examples of abstract art we know of are from the Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD) in China? Of...
by Julie | Art, Art Education, Classical Conversations, Homeschool
Between Columbus, the Mayflower and the Boston Tea Party, I feel like Classical Conversations’ Cycle three, which includes American History, is a great time to draw an old ship! Plus, I really love the old ships. As an aside, there’s a great little...
by Julie | Art, Art Education, Classical Conversations, Homeschool
Save for Later - CLICK HERE to download this post as a PDF.In week 2 of our Classical Conversations (CC) year, we always have an art project based on symmetry, or “mirror images” as the CC Foundations Guide puts it. This is a fun week that involves a...
