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!
Thank you so much for “The World’s Greatest Artists”. My kids are ages 6 to 14 and I have been wondering how to get them interested in classic artists. This is so well thought out. Simply Amazing!
I’m SO excited for this!! THANK-YOU!!!!
I’m having difficulties downloading your unit study!! Is it just me? I would love to get this unit!!
YAY!! Thank you for making & sharing this!! This will be so great to use to enhance our study of these artists as they come up in our history lessons! I can’t wait to see who you feature in Vol.2! 😉 Hopefully Rembrandt since my husband’s family is descended from the same as his I’m gobbling up all the info on him that I can get my hands on! Who knew that history was so much fun?!? (My former school teachers would tell you I was not a fan!) Thanks again for Art History! 🙂
I love this ! My 3 year probably isn’t ready, but I downloaded and saved it for the day she is. Lvoe it. Thanks for all teh great things you have on your site!
I love your World’s Greatest Artists set!! I downloaded it a few weeks ago to use with my daughter. My library carries the books in the curriculum, which I was thrilled about. My husband asked one day why our five year old is studying Pablo Picasso. But she loves art and is really learning using your suggestions and she is enjoying it. Her favorite Picasso painting is The Old Guitarist from his Blue Period. She made her own version of it a few days ago. She’s never been condifent in her painting, but I encouraged her to try and not give up even if it didn’t look perfect. She made a great painting and was happy with it. Thanks so much for this awesome curriculum!
Hi! I cannot seem to get the link to open up for downloading. I would love this resource! We are starting Van Gogh on Monday with our studies about the Netherlands. Am I doing something wrong on the download?
I made a lesson plan for this for Homeschool Tracker. If anyone wants it, it located at http://www.ourhomeschooljourney.com/2011/11/art-curriculum.html 🙂
Okay, that’s so cool, I didn’t realize you could do that! Thanks for sharing!
This is fantastic! Thanks so much for putting this together! 🙂
FABULOUS!!
Can we expect a Volume 2 any time soon? LOL! Had to ask….