happypamama Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 I'm looking at ARTistic Pursuits for my 9yo fourth grader. Looks like each book has about 64 lessons, right? If you use this program, how often do you use it? I'm thinking about once a week, maybe twice, so it would last us for a couple of years. Would I need the art supply packs? Or would I be able to get everything we need, as we need it, with coupons, at our local ACMoore/Michael's? Or can anyone recommend any other drawing programs that would be good for fourth graders? DD likes to draw, so I want to capitalize on that. ARTistic Pursuits is appealing to me because it looks like the lessons are straightforward and spelled out -- this is one area where leaving it up to me to plan the lesson is probably not a good plan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bairnmama Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 I LOVE ARTistic Pursuits and teach it as a class for my homeschool group. I buy our supplies from Dick Blick because I'm buying for several students and get discounts. Some of the items you'll be able to find easily at Michael's and others (like good quality pastels that blend smoothly) might be harder to come by. It really depends on what book you're using. You could definitely find most of the drawing materials for book 1 there... not so much for the color book - at least that's the case with my local Michael's. I taught the 4-6th grade book to a class of 2-10th graders and just deepened the instruction for the olders while allowing the youngers to simply add to their skills as they were able. We met every other week, so book 1 lasted for 2 yrs. The improvement in their drawing skills was phenomenal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted August 14, 2011 Author Share Posted August 14, 2011 I LOVE ARTistic Pursuits and teach it as a class for my homeschool group. I buy our supplies from Dick Blick because I'm buying for several students and get discounts. Some of the items you'll be able to find easily at Michael's and others (like good quality pastels that blend smoothly) might be harder to come by. It really depends on what book you're using. You could definitely find most of the drawing materials for book 1 there... not so much for the color book - at least that's the case with my local Michael's. I taught the 4-6th grade book to a class of 2-10th graders and just deepened the instruction for the olders while allowing the youngers to simply add to their skills as they were able. We met every other week, so book 1 lasted for 2 yrs. The improvement in their drawing skills was phenomenal! Thank you so much -- this is really helpful! I am thinking I'll start with the 4-6 book, book 1; the first grader can come along for the ride. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyBeth Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Love it! We used it last year and I have ordered more for this year. I have used another art program before and it didn't work well for us. ARTistic Pursuits has been interesting and fairly easy to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErinD Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 I just ordered ths: http://rainbowresource.com/product/sku/041439/71f279d169ddea34966df0e9 This is dvd course #1, and there are several in the series. It looks good and the price fit our rapidly dwindling homeschool budget! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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