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The Artistic Pursuits approach to teaching art is a welcome departure from typical art instruction books. A variety of applications are used to teach both the expressive and technical aspects of art. Assignments guide students to mature artistic expression, providing a more effective approach to developing skills in the visual arts. Grades K-3 levels gives students an introduction to the visual arts and a view of art through history. Book 1 at each higher level provides an overview of drawing, covering the elements of art and composition. Book 2 at each higher level provides an overview of color theory and composition. AN ART CURRICULUM STUDENTS LOVE! Written for homeschool or independent study, these books are so student friendly that anyone, experienced or novice, will feel comfortable producing original and expressive works of art. Teachers easily adapt the books to the classroom. Using Artistic Pursuits, teachers know that students get a complete overview of the subject of art, written with order and clarity. Artistic Pursuits reaches out to all children and young adults who want to learn, capturing their interests as they work from direct observation and personal preferences. Parents, teachers and students agree that this is the art curriculum they've been looking for!
Voted "Best Art Curriculum" in Mary Pride's Practical Homeschooling 2003 Readers Awards! PHILOSOPHY - At Artistic Pursuits Inc., we believe every student can understand the concepts of art and enjoy the process of putting ideas and visual images on paper. We are committed to the goal of helping students of all ages discover what it is to be creative. We're here to help parents and teachers give students a quality art education that will prepare them to meet creative challenges in their future endeavors. At the K-3 level we teach how artists work. We introduce the elements of art as they are understood by students this age, and begin an exciting introduction to art history. Students are encouraged to use the information within the book as a starting place for their own ideas. In this way young students understand and use the concept of personal expression. To see a further description, click on Grades K-3 sidebar. We begin the study of the elements of art and composition when students become perceptually aware of those things, usually around forth grade. Books at this level through Senior High introduce learning tools and techniques that students are ready to see in the world around them and that they can apply to their artwork. For more details, see the description below or click the appropriate level on the sidebar. How We Teach Art Artistic Pursuits for grades 4-12 is designed for all students as a complete overview and easy to understand introduction to the subject of art. This includes understanding the elements of art and composition as well as the ability to use the creative process, to create work deriving from personal experience. Creativity and experimentation are encouraged as students arrive at their own visual solutions. Once understood, the creative process can be used in any vocation the student chooses. It is really an approach to all learning: gathering information, analyzing it, and then expressing it in one's own way.
This approach to teaching art works! Here's why: Skills develop as the student observes nature and enjoys the process of creating. The Artistic Pursuits student carries art tools and a drawing board to locations which both inspire and are chosen by the student. While learning the skills of drawing or painting they work with composition, choosing their own scenes and subject matter. Creating truly personal work gives students a sense of accomplishment that cannot be attained by copying from a book. Students learn because direct observation is the best teacher when accompanied by the foundational elements of art and composition found within every unit. You'll find this approach works because it is based on using a variety of applications to expand students' awareness of the visual world around them. Within each unit is four pages. Each page has an assignment covering the various applications as described below: PAGE ONE - part 1, CONCEPTUAL APPLICATION (Building a Visual Vocabulary) Introduction to the elements of art and composition, which are the concepts foundational to an art education. PAGE ONE - part 2, EXPRESSIVE APPLICATION (Observation and Creative Exploration) Assignments encourage observation of the world, both natural and man-made. Introduced to a variety of approaches to exploring their world, students use creative thought, arriving at personal visual solutions. PAGE TWO - PRACTICAL APPLICATION (Looking at Art) This activity broadens understanding of how each element of art or compositional arrangement is used by observing it in a work of art by the masters. PAGE THREE - TECHNICAL APPLICATION (Techniques and Materials) Developing varied and essential skills for seeing and for applying materials, students consider both traditional methods and experimentation. PAGE FOUR - PRACTICED APPLICATION (Original Work) A final project allows students to bring together the main idea of each unit (page one), its expanded use as seen in the master work of art (page two), as well as new techniques and discoveries (page three) to create an original work of art. prints Students see how master artists used the elements of art or compositional arrangements in their work. Included with each book is a packet of fine art reproductions which the student inserts into the book. The selection of prints includes drawings and paintings in both color and gray scale (no nudity).
It's simple and fun! Glue is applied to the top edge of the rectangle on the art appreciation page. The print is pressed onto the page. The print can be lifted to reveal the main points of the text in the illustration underneath!
To view book pages or purchase this program, click one of the levels below! SENIOR HIGH JUNIOR HIGH GRADES 4-6 GRADES K-3
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