Hi everyone! I’ve been working on a fun unit study for next year! It’s called The World’s Greatest Artists Vol. 1 and I’m excited to share it here with you today!
Come along on our quest to learn about some of the world’s greatest artists! So grab some art supplies and get ready to explore, create, and learn!
In this series of artist studies, we will be learning about 8 of the world’s greatest artists. We will immerse ourselves in the work of each artist so we become well familiar with their style, methods, and images.
Each study includes:
- Lesson plans for each week
- Lap Book printables
- Artist Notebooking page
- Art Puzzles
- Artist Flashcards
Much of our time studying will be through open discussion and hands on experimentation. Upon completion of this curriculum you will be able to easily recognize the artwork from each artist studied, learn to look at art critically, as well as have gained an appreciation for art in general. You will also have explored some new techniques, and created several of your own unique masterpieces! And at the end you’ll have a wonderful Greatest Artists Lap Book to refer to!
Resources needed for this study include:
I highly recommend the Mike Venezia Books to go along with my curriculum, they are included in the lesson plans. The books are a fun addition and are perfect for younger kids!
If you would like to skip this additional cost, you can often find them at your local library, or you can do internet searches for each piece of art discussed as you go through the curriculum as well.
What Artists are included in Vol 1?
- Pablo Picasso
- Vincent Van Gogh
- Jackson Pollock
- Claude Monet
- Henry Matisse
- Georgia O’keefe
- Michelangelo
- Leonardo Da Vinci
Click here to get The World’s Greatest Artists Vol. 1 Unit Studies now! Hope you enjoy this curriculum!
Wow, thanks so much for sharing this with all of us.BlessingsDiane
WOW Erika! That's fantastic! You are so awesome to share so many of your wonderful, creative lessons with the rest of us! Even though I've been homeschooling for 12 years now, I still have about 13 more to go since my youngest is only 5! Can one EVER have too many resources? THANKS!
You are amazing! Thanks for doing this. My library even has all of the needed resources – awesome!
Thank you for this brilliant FREE resource! You must have worked really hard as it is simply beautifully done. I really appreciate your generosity and my kids will have a blast doing this! I had just added formal artist study to our schedule but was still looking for a good, easy, fun resource to work through to save me having to reinvent the wheel – you were an answer to prayer!! – Deedee
Dearest Erica, Thank you, thank you, thank you! Misses 9 and nearly 7 started this a couple of weeks ago and it is already their "most favourite subject"! I actually have to limit it to 2 sessons a week. There is not enough room here to tell you all the wonderful spin offs from this terrific curriculum, I am just blown away. Again thank you for using your god given talents and sharing them with others so generously. Lisa from NZ PS – Thanks also for introducing Mike's books into our house … we all LURVE them!
Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful program! I have thought about adding an artist study to our curriculum this year but was not motivated to actually go through with it till now!!! (And thanks to the person who commented they found the books at their library!! I also noticed they are part of the 4 for 3 special on amazon so that would save a decent amount of money too!!) Thanks again!!
Art is one of my weak areas. Thank you for doing this!
Thank you so much for all the work you do in providing curriculum. I will be using several of the things you created this year. I was trying to plan out an artist study for the year (as I love the Charlotte Mason approach) and with a new baby due in 3 days I wasnt sure how I was going to get it all done. Your site has eased my worries. Thank you again and may God bless your family and school year.
Hi! For some reason, when I click on the link, it will not open. Doesnt look like anyone else has had this problem. I am SO interested in checking out the link because my children have a love for art. Is there any way you could help me out? I would so appreciate it! Im including my email, please email me 🙂 You are such a blessing. <3
Hi! Okay, I was able to get it to open by saving it to my desktop first. Let me tell you, you are awesome! I love love love this!!! thanks so much for sharing! 🙂
Hi Belinda, I’m glad you figured it out! Sorry we were out all day on a field trip. When you click the link it should open a pdf, then you can click the ‘save’ logo in the upper left corner to save it to your hard drive.