Thoughts about Teaching Art
Art is a subject area which our children love. It has been relegated to drawing without instruction, to coloring without observation, to modeling without purpose. The study of the life of Benjamin West, Father of American Painting, is helpful. He learned his first lessons of shading, line, and perspective by his own efforts. These are principles which we will enjoy teaching our students- and the use of pencil, crayon, brush.
Lisa and Summer, thanks for asking me what I’m reading! Would you believe this quote is from A Guide to American Christian Education? It has been next to my computer for weeks as I ponder principles of mathematics. Art is still more enjoyable for me than arithmetic, but my passion for the “language of science” is growing.
So what books are you savoring? I’m tagging:
Here are the rules:
- Pick up the nearest book of at least 123 pages.
- Open the book to page 123.
- Find the 5th sentence.
- Post the next 3 sentences.
- Tag 5 people.
(For those of us who count sentences, it’s true. I didn’t follow the rules. Shocking, isn’t it?)
This is a fun tag! I don’t usually do them but I will this time as I love the topic. I’ll post mine tomorrow. I’m super busy today. ;-)
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Daisy,
I look forward to it! Don’t worry about the timing. It always takes me awhile to get memes done, if I do them at all.
You caught me! I actually am reading some genuine junk fiction right now. I wish I could say that I was reading something intellectual and challenging. If it helps, I just finished Tess of the D’Urbervilles, but I’m completely compromising any kind of educational props by admitting that I just downloaded The Other Boleyn Girl.
I am full of shame.
;-)
I liked the thoughts on teaching art! I’m working on da Vinci tonight – I’ve decided this post will be very focused on art for kids! Check in tomorrow…