Drawing or Art Curriculum?

[Jules]

My 8 and 10 year old love to draw everything out, whether it is for science stuff, history, or vocabulary skills. I want to find something that would fit for them to use for Art or Drawing instruction. I was thinking some type of DVD type lessons. Anyone have any favorites and why?

[plain jane]

For drawing, we have really enjoyed the on-line Mark Kistler lessons available through the Homeschool Buyers Co-op. They have another group buy on them currently. My kids have a lot of fun with those lessons. You may also want to look at the Phonics of Drawing.

 

For art, I will be purchasing Atelier, but have not bought it just yet.

 

Artistic Pursuits is another program that we use currently for art instruction but it's not DVD or computer based.

[Storm Bay]

The Phonics of Drawing is lovely and very good, but when you put it on the computer, there is no animation or video. You can view the lessons on the computer or print them. It has 3 levels. You can get it from http://www.teachartathome.com . There are other art courses available there, too.

 

If you are interested in a Christian art program. Barry Stebbing has some that come with DVD instruction with video on it. You can find that at various places and for various levels. The courses include a variety of things.

[laurad1125]

We're about 1/2 through this and love it. I assign some pages and ds11 goes off and does it on his own. We started it when he was 9. His drawing is really pretty good with it. I can definitely tell a difference. Here's a link

 

http://www.aophomeschooling.com/lifepac/grade-4/electives/drawing-basics/

[ABQmom]

My dc have enjoyed Mark Kistler's Draw Squad. Even I've learned a thing or two about drawing from that book, and I can't draw to save my life! It's very easy to follow and it's fun.