Grade 3-5 · secular
Your child makes real art with what's in the house, learns to look at famous works long enough to have opinions, and ends the semester hanging their own five-piece exhibition. You supply paper, pencils and wall space.
The whole year, in plain English. Tap any unit to see every skill inside, nothing is hidden.
Line, shape, value, color, texture, space, form and composition: each learned hands-first with paper and pencil, each then found in a real named masterwork, ending in a labeled family gallery.
Do the activity, then show Clara you can talk about kinds of lines and the jobs they do.
Do the activity, then show Clara you can talk about geometric and organic shapes.
Do the activity, then show Clara you can talk about using dark and light to make things look solid.
Do the activity, then show Clara you can talk about the color wheel, complements, warm and cool.
Do the activity, then show Clara you can talk about making flat paper look furry, bumpy or smooth.
Do the activity, then show Clara you can talk about making a flat picture look deep.
Do the activity, then show Clara you can talk about seeing the simple 3D forms inside real things.
Do the activity, then show Clara you can talk about arranging a picture so eyes go where you want.
Do the activity, then show Clara you can talk about naming the art elements in their own work.
The describe-analyze-interpret-judge looking method, art traditions of Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe treated with equal seriousness, a two-week observational drawing bootcamp, and a curated five-piece exhibition with artist statements.
Do the activity, then show Clara you can talk about describing, analyzing, interpreting and judging an artwork.
Do the activity, then show Clara you can talk about pattern and meaning in African art traditions.
Do the activity, then show Clara you can talk about confident strokes and empty space in Asian art.
Do the activity, then show Clara you can talk about story-telling symbols in art of the Americas.
Do the activity, then show Clara you can talk about how European painters chased light across centuries.
Do the activity, then show Clara you can talk about drawing what you actually see.
Do the activity, then show Clara you can talk about seeing their own drawing improve week over week.
Do the activity, then show Clara you can talk about choosing their five best pieces and saying why.
Do the activity, then show Clara you can talk about presenting their exhibition and their growth.
From the parent guide
Your child makes real art with what's in the house, learns to look at famous works long enough to have opinions, and ends the semester hanging their own five-piece exhibition. You supply paper, pencils and wall space.
Unit 1 · what to expect
Line, shape, value, color, texture, space, form and composition: each learned hands-first with paper and pencil, each then found in a real named masterwork, ending in a labeled family gallery.
The full guide covers all 2 units: where kids get stuck, what to say, and how to tell it's working. Included with the course.
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