Art

Ok so last year we used Seton (Catholic in nature) art curriculum and it included learning about some of the following: lines, contour, basic shapes, texture, symbols, color wheel, color value, harmony and contrast, dimension, symmetry, balance, patter, & center of interest.

I liked the way it flowed and how it was all laid out for me.  I didn’t really need anything I didn’t have on hand-paper, pencil, scissors, crayons and colored paper.

I would continue with the program but it now goes into what SCM would refer to as picture study and we do that already seperately.

I looked at How Great thou Art and THOUGHT this would be a good fit for us.  But after ordering it I knew it would not.  To labor intense, and we don’t have 2-3 hours a week to do it.

Any recommendations that you could offer would be great.  I want to continue to build off of what we have been working on.  I need something that we can do once a week for maybe 30-45 minutes.  I would like it to be all laid out for the teacher and not need a lot of things i have to go out and buy specially for the program.  I would like something that works on learning to draw, but goes into more detail than just going to the library and picking out a how to draw book.

I have seen Art with a Purpose and wonder if this might be a better fit?  It does fit the area’s I want to keep but I don’t know if it in the upper levels deals with drawing?   I would appreicate any thoughts or advice.