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Your child is ready to Express! The art you see at this stage is based on your child’s ideas, experiences, and imagination, expressed in personal, creative ways through the use of simple lines and shapes that we call symbols or schema. As skills develop, the child makes use of additional details and color in their picture-making for the purpose of identifying people, places, and things.
ARTistic Pursuits resources are designed specifically for your child's Symbolic Stage of Development. We provide learning opportunities with art class objectives that fit your kindergartner and early elementary student's needs as growing artists and expand their visual experiences. Your child will learn how to look at famous artist's artworks, understand the language unique to the subject of art and it's history, and produce artworks in drawing, painting, and sculpture that showcase each child's unique personality.
K-3 Book 1: An Introduction to the Visual Arts
watercolor crayons | paper construction | oil pastel | soft pastel | air-dry clay
This book is sure to delight young children with over 185 colorful illustrations and great Master paintings. Lessons capture each child's interests and imagination while introducing the fundamental principles of the visual arts. Parents read a simple ten-minute lesson with their child that includes art appreciation. The topic is pointed out in a full-color work of art by well-known Masters like Rivera, Chagall, De Hooch, Van Gogh and more. This time is followed with a project that allows children to immediately apply their new knowledge of the subject, while creating works of art from their own experiences and observations, making each piece produced personal and unique.
The first section covers the activities artists engage in when making art (composing, imagining, looking, etc.,) how to use the materials of an artist (watercolor crayons, pastels, pencil), and the various types of subjects artists work from (landscapes, people, still-life, etc.) Activities broaden children’s awareness of the world they live in. The second section of the book covers the elements that artists use in two-dimensional and three-dimensional work such as shape, form, line, and color. The third section is a comprehensive study of ancient art as children are introduced to different kinds of art that we see such as art in caves, pyramids, cathedrals, and more. This section covers early cave paintings and figurines from Jordon to tapestries and book illumination of the Middle Ages. Children's ideas about art are greatly expanded as they learn how ancient cultures used art. The hands-on projects help them remember what materials the culture used or the major ideas of the culture. This book provides lessons for the completion of thirty-six finished drawings, paintings, and sculptures that are both original and wholly the child’s own.
“This is our first year using Artistic Pursuits and my son and I love it. I am not artistic at all and this curriculum has given my son and I wonderful opportunities to study the different paintings and learn new techniques. It is the highlight of our week- doing these lessons! ” - Rachel Bertagnoli
“I wanted a curriculum that was REAL art, not craft projects or cartoons. I wanted a curriculum that I could do, for the most part, at my dining room table without creating a disaster in my home. I can't tell you how pleased I am with Artistic Pursuits! I have seen my beginner level kids greatly advance and spread their wings, all due to this curriculum.” Shannon A.
Softcover book shipped FREE to your US address. Author: Brenda Ellis, Publisher: Artistic Pursuits Inc., 95 pages, 36 lessons, 185 illustrations, comb binding, ISBN: 978-1-939394-01-9, January 2013, 3rd Edition.