SquirrellyMama Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 If this has been discussed you can point me in the direction to the thread. I want to start with some dvd art lessons with the kids (11, 9, 7) Is there an area to start with? Do we start with Beginning Drawing and go from there or can we start with Beginning Painting? This may be an odd question. I was thinking we should start with Beginning Drawing but my dd 11 is against it. I will start there if that is how it is done but I wasn't sure if the painting built from something in the drawing. I'm obviously not an artist. Thanks, Kelly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kateincali Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 I have never done Beginning Drawing or Painting myself. But as a just-for-the-love-of-it artist, I would say, start where your kids are interested! Yes, there are elements of drawing in painting. But starting out, it is best that the kids LIKE art! Just my thought... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SquirrellyMama Posted February 13, 2013 Author Share Posted February 13, 2013 I have never done Beginning Drawing or Painting myself. But as a just-for-the-love-of-it artist, I would say, start where your kids are interested! Yes, there are elements of drawing in painting. But starting out, it is best that the kids LIKE art! Just my thought... I can understand that logic. My daughter will be very happy :) Thanks, Kelly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebacabunch Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 We just bought good quality art supplies and a few books to start. I really like Mark Kistler's draw squad and Mona Brookes art books. Playing with the materials is fun and gets the creative juices going. I know that Mark Kistler even has a website. This may seem like a funny suggestion, but my kids learned a ton about painting from the ds game Art Academy. We also love the practicalpages.wordpress blog. She has so many cool ideas. We have also used copic markers to recreate the different strokes used by different artists on coloring book pages of their art work. For example we printed coloring pages of some Van Gogh paintings and practiced the swirly strokes he used in his art. One thing I don't do is dumb down art like so many ps do. We don't use crayons and cheap watercolor paints with gigantic paintbrushes to make silly art. Don't get me wrong, we go through crayons like nobodies business, but we also use nice watercolor pencils with niji brushes, oil paints on canvas, good quality sketch pencil and paper, etc. You get the idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elfinlady Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 My DD likes Mark Kistler's online art classes. He does live classes over the internet Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday. http://www.markkistleronline.com You can get a deal on the classes through Homeschool Buyers Co-op. He also has pre recorded lessons that can be watched at any time at this site: http://www.markkistler.com/OnlineVideo.html . A few are free, and you can subscribe to access the others. Again, I think the Homeschool Buyers Co-op has a deal for this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holly Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 My kids have enjoyed Mark Kistler's lessons. I bought the book Draw Squad on Amazon instead of the online lessons, but we have done a few of the free online lessons. They also enjoy Draw and Write Through History. One thing I don't do is dumb down art like so many ps do. We don't use crayons and cheap watercolor paints with gigantic paintbrushes to make silly art. Don't get me wrong, we go through crayons like nobodies business, but we also use nice watercolor pencils with niji brushes, oil paints on canvas, good quality sketch pencil and paper, etc. You get the idea. That is one of the things I took away from FIAR. I loved that we used "real" art supplies! They do enough of the PS type crafts at HS co-op and Sunday school...I want our HS lessons to be different! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughing lioness Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 Starting with the basics of drawing will give your kids a great foundation in any other visual art that they pursue. Draw Right Now and some of the Usborne books are good places to start with young kids/ simple shape to completed picture. I've used Drawing Textbook by McIntyre for my kids and co-op, along with perspective drawing from Mark Kistler, along with Mona Brooks- it teaches the kids to think differently. We are currently going through Artistic Pursuit, that does cover the basics of art - line, shape, etc. along with some art hx. My kids have done a ton of art thought and we are finding it too fundamental but it would be a good place to start if you have done no art. Like many creative pursuits, to grow as an artist, you must build skills. The skills buils on each other. If your goal is to simply allow your kids some creative time to express themeselves, by all means, throw some art stuff out there and let them start from where they want. If your goal is to give your kids the tools to creatively express themselves, help them skill build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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