Are you ready for Cycle 2 Art?
These art lessons are great for Classical Conversations, Cycle 2 (5th Ed. Foundations Guide).
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1st Quarter: Science Meets Art Drawing Lessons
We’ve added a new set of 1st quarter drawing projects connecting science and art:
- The Basic Lines and Shapes of Trees
- Drawing Leaves Using Symmetry
- Audubon’s Scientific Illustrations and Upside Down Drawing
- Creating Rhythm in Abstract Art with Fibonacci
- Atmospheric Perspective and the Science of Light
- Identifying Trees with Texture
The package with these lesson plans, plus the combined supply list and shopping list can be found here:
Science Meets Art Drawing Package
3rd Quarter: Studying Great Artists: Baroque Through Impressionist
I’m so excited to begin the 3rd quarter of cycle 2 fine arts! This is when we get to study artists from the Baroque, Neoclassical, Romantic, Realistic, and Impressionist Periods. In my opinion, these are the best time periods! (Confused about Art History? Get help here!)
Here are our lesson plans for Cycle 2:
- Drawing Facial Expressions Like Rembrandt (Dutch Baroque)
- Painting Landscapes Like Gainsborough (Late English Baroque)
- Capturing Action Like Degas (Impressionist)
- Plein-Air Painting like Monet (Impressionist)
- Creating Texture like Morisot (Impressionist)
- Creating Movement like Van Gogh (Post Impressionist)
I also hope to add a few more lesson plans about other artists from the Neoclassicism, Romantic, and Realism periods (Maybe Jacques-Louis David, Thomas Cole, and Winslow Homer?)
The package with these lesson plans, plus the combined supply list and shopping list can be found here:
Amazing Artist Extras
We also have these fun extras for teaching your students about these great artists:
We also have a blog post series about the amazing artists we study in cycle 2 of Classical Conversations: