Featuring more than 150 activities, this guide teaches the styles, works, and techniques of the great masters—Van Gogh, Michelangelo, Rembrandt, and more.
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MaryAnn F. Kohl is the coauthor of First Art and the author of Preschool Art. Kim Solga is the editor or coauthor of several books in the Art and Activities for Kids series, including Art Fun! and Craft Fun!
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237 of 244 people found the following review helpful
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As a former public school teacher, and now a homeschool parent, I can honestly say I've seen a great deal of art curriculum materials. This book stands hand and shoulders above the rest in terms of what it attempts to cover and the way it brings the great artistic styles into undestandable terms for children and their educators.
My only complaint (and what's kept me from giving this book 5 Stars) is that the black & white photocopies of pictures show so little detail of each artist. You really need to have a good full color guide to the world of art (showing at least one major work from each artist) to be able to use this curriculum effectively.
My hope is that the authors will consider this for future printings. If they do so, I think this will be the perfect art curriculum to teach both hands on art and art history.
142 of 147 people found the following review helpful
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This wonderful book features just about any artist you can think of (most of which I've never even heard of!). It's divided into four chapters: Renaissance & Post-Renaiisance, Impressionists & Post-Impressionists, Expressionists...& Surrealists (say what?), Modern & Folk Art. Each page features a different artist, with a simple sketch of the artist, a brief biography, and several ideas on how to re-create that artist's style. The only gripe I have, which is the reason it didn't get 5 stars, is that there are not nearly enough reproductions of the artists' best work. Many pages show only a picture drawn or sketched by a student in the style of the artist, which I found extremely unhelpful. What would have been great is if the publishers would have included a postcard-size reproduction of the best known artists. I ended up having to buy several other books with postcard-size reproductions to use in class. This book will give you a lot of great ideas, but it's not overly functional.
61 of 62 people found the following review helpful
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Intoduce your kids to the great artists by doing projects that imitate the artists style. For example, read a short paragraph about Michelangelo's life and then mimic his technique by lying on the floor and painting the "ceiling" above (tape paper to the underside of a table for the "ceiling").
Most Recent Customer Reviews
great art projects
I like the simplicity of this book but I have been looking for something like this that has full page color reproductions of the art work examples to go along with the lesson.
Published 3 months ago by Andrea
Finally a different kind of engagement in a book
Bought this book for my Niece's birthday - she loves it, such a different level of engagement for her, and her learning has been much expanded. I absolutely recommend this book.
Published 3 months ago by Elias Anthan
Really good book
This is a great book for little children , I have a 5 year old girl and she is very happy learning about art. Read more
Published 7 months ago by milenka
Awesome Helper
This book is a big help for the professional art teacher to the home school art class or anyone who wants to help kids have an appreciation of art and it's history. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Suzannesfancy
Good book
I'm homeschooling my kids and this is a "Hands On" book. It's great and they can get the feel on how great artist worked. Disregard the the low rating. Read more
Published 8 months ago by J. A. O'brien
My favorite book for art lessons
I teach elementary school art; budget and testing schedules mean the students typically have only 1-2 hours per month of art literacy. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Ange
Good projects, but errors and poor choices
First off, I LOVED Ms. Kohl's "First Art" and "Preschool Art" books. I own both of them and used them with both my daughters. They are great. Read more
Published 14 months ago by 392HXX90
I'm A Happy Volunteer Art Teacher
I got this book to teach a "brush with the masters"-type of art program voluntarily to 1st graders.
It is a fabulous book that gives the artists' backgrounds along with ideas... Read more
It is a fabulous book that gives the artists' backgrounds along with ideas... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Mama Hansen
Great resource!
I have an eleven year old, ten year old and a five year old I am homeschooling this year. We usually reserve Friday afternoons for a science experiment and an art project. Read more
Published 14 months ago by J. Ross "mama of four"
Wonderful Resource!
This book is a wonderful resource for projects with children of all ages. It is easy to manipulate the difficulty level for all skill levels. Read more
Published 15 months ago by salsagoddess
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profile portrait, nature notebook, cubist collage, silver leaf, palette knife painting, wide shipping tape, art dominoes, framing scraps, grocery tray, art cookies, covered work area, wacky work, matte board, collage items, box collage, white drawing paper, coloring tools, melted crayon, black marking pen, tempera paint Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Art Today, Van Gogh, Long Ago, Every Way, Van Allsburg, Leonardo da Vinci, Book of Days, Grandma Moses, Artist Cards, Muse of Chance Collage, Limbourg Brothers, Box House Architect, Nam June Paik, Fra Angelico, United States, Surprising Colors, Starry Night, Artist's Studio, Con-Tact Clear, Sistine Chapel, Van Eyck, Painting Music, One Line Designs, Scenery Mural, Western Sunset Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Surprise Me!
profile portrait, nature notebook, cubist collage, silver leaf, palette knife painting, wide shipping tape, art dominoes, framing scraps, grocery tray, art cookies, covered work area, wacky work, matte board, collage items, box collage, white drawing paper, coloring tools, melted crayon, black marking pen, tempera paint Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Art Today, Van Gogh, Long Ago, Every Way, Van Allsburg, Leonardo da Vinci, Book of Days, Grandma Moses, Artist Cards, Muse of Chance Collage, Limbourg Brothers, Box House Architect, Nam June Paik, Fra Angelico, United States, Surprising Colors, Starry Night, Artist's Studio, Con-Tact Clear, Sistine Chapel, Van Eyck, Painting Music, One Line Designs, Scenery Mural, Western Sunset Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Surprise Me!
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- Rick Steves' Paris 2007 by Rick Steves on page 386
- What Your Third Grader Needs to Know (Revised Edition): Fundamentals of a Good Third-Grade Education (Core Knowledge Series) by E.D. Hirsch Jr. on page 163
- How to Teach Art to Children, Grades 1-6 by Joy Evans on page 109
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