Red, Yellow and Blue
Art apperception and history as well as "how to" are combined in this unit. Every culture has art and artist that tell the story of its people. Exploring art is one way to "see" the story told. Knowing a little bit about art only makes the stories told that more meaningful. Knowing how to do it bring art and history alive.
This isn't a "crafty" unit although there are links at the bottom.
| Resources--books | Resources--websites | Project | Writing Assignments |
Resources
Books
Non-Fiction--Information books:
Activity Books:
 | Masterpieces by Mary Martin & Steven Zorn (Running Press, 1981; ISBN0762409452)* |
Fiction:
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Audio/visual:
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Websites
General Art information & Lesson plans:
| Paula's Archives on Art and Art History |
| Core Knowledge's search for art and music |
| The Artists Tool |
| Myths and Legends in Art |
| Lifetime of Color fun links to activities and education |
| Wildlife Art "telling stories with" |
| Inside Art |
| Teach Impressionism |
| Perspective Drawing from math forum |
| How to draw the human body from figure drawing lab |
| Mark Kistler's home page his resource page for homeschoolers |
| Web Gallery of Art |
| Vincent van Gogh from vangoghgallery.com |
| Homeschool Art video-based art cirriculum |
Artist:
| Harry Anderson, artist |
| Greg Olsen LDS artist article from Meridian |
| Glen S. Hopkinson LDS artist |
| Artist list from the National Gallery of Art |
| Al Young |
Museums or Art Collections:
| Worcester Art Museum |
| Hunter Museum of American Art |
| National Gallery of Art |
| Native American Art "Surrounded by Beauty" |
| Carl Rungiuns "A Brush With Wildlife" |
| Olga's Gallery 10,000 pieces of works viewable online with biographies of artist too. |
| Web Gallery of Art wonderful index with biographies and descriptions. |
Styles & Mediums:
| The Sculpture Studio (stone carving) |
| StoneShaper.com (stone carving) |
Craft sites:
| Paper toys.com more crafty than art but fun to build models, and they are "free" |
| The Toy Maker fun paper toys to print and make |
Project
| Visit a museum |
| Make art |
Writing assignments
| Do a report on an artist |
| Keep a journal of the thoughts and feeling you experience when visiting the museums. |
Completed
Last update: March, 2007
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