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!
I am printing away and getting ready for our next school year and excited to be using “Exhibition Earth” and “Worlds Greatest Artists”. Thanks so much Erica!!
Thanks for sharing your beautiful material 🙂
This is yet another WONDERFUL resource!! I love your blog. Thanks for sharing!!!
I am using it & blogged about it at http://www.livinglifeintentionally.blogspot.com
Thanks Again! Beth
This is WONDERFUL! Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!
We are LOVING your Artist study! We started with Jackson Pollock & have just one word of advice when it comes to actually using his techniques….OUTSIDE!! The kids were covered head-to-toe in paint today but they absolutely loved it! This lesson has been amazing & we are looking forward to the next artist. Thank you so much for putting this together!
I held my breathe wondering how much this one was going to cost me. Thank you for providing such an awesome FREE resource! ~ Wendy
I just love this. We started studying VanGough a few weeks ago and were going to be making our rounds of different artists. We also have been using Usbornes Art Treasury that gives you additional techniques for the style the artist created. Thank you for sharing.
VERY nice!! You continually amaze me! I noticed that the author of the artist books also has books about composers…I can’t wait to delve into those as well. I have NO idea how you do it! It takes all that I have to just implement your ideas…there are so many outstanding materials that you have created. Thank you for sharing!
Also, NEST entertainment has a great video about Davinci in the famous people series.
Thank you!!! This has come at such a good time, we are about to start a study on these great artists. 😉
just wow!