Picture study question

I read that families hang them in frames, hang them on the fridge, keep them in a notebook, or on the computer screen saver.  I’ve tried a few options.  I wish I could tell you that I’ve found a way that consistently works for us, but we usually change it up every year.  This year, our artists are not part of the portfolios, so I’ve had to go looking for their works.  I tied them to our nature study which has been fun.  We studied Audubon first.  I utilized the computer screen for these pics and we read A Nest for Celeste.  The blog, All Things Bright and Beautiful, had some Audubon pics while we were studying him.  We are studying Linnaeus now.  Both of these artists have meant delving more into the field guide world.  Our third term will be about Beatrix Potter.  So, little books and pretty Armitt Museum investigations are how we will study her works. 

This year’s study has been much different than those we’ve done in the past.  It’s been much more hands on.  I suppose it’s due to the artists I chose and the way they shared their art with the world.  Not boring at all.  I hope this gives you a glimpse at possibilities.  We’ve used Discovering Great Artists with great success in the past.  I really think it causes us to notice more about the media each artist used and it really brings out a discussion of the details in works of art.  “Knowing” the artists and their methods seems to make us appreciate them even more. 

I’d ideally like to tie the Creating a Masterpiece DVDs to our study, but I haven’t been that coordinated….yet.