Memory Painting of O’Keeffe’s Indian Doll This rewarding hobby or enrichment project can take as little as five minutes a week. It may be accomplished with little cost. Here are some ideas to get your art appreciation notebook started. Memory painting of O’Keeffe’s Wisconsin Barn Picture Study Charlotte Mason called this subject “Picture Study.” She recommended studying one artist at a time so children can become aware of that artist’s style and can recognize works even when a particular painting was not studied. Six works of the art should be studied… Read more… Do an image search on Google for the artist that you wish to study.Another resource is googleartproject.com. Paintings are viewed for a minute or so and then are out of sight when doing the art study steps listed below. OPTIONS FOR ART STUDIES:1. Do art studies once a week for 5-10 minutes as suggested by Miss Mason, spending one month on each picture and 6 months per artist. 2. Do art studies daily (4-5 days a week), spending one week on each picture and 6 weeks per artist. ART STUDY STEPSFor each artist unit:Read about the artist and narrate.Then study six paintings by that artist.For each of the 6 paintings studied:1. Narrate (descriptive or informative)2. Creative writing (choose 1 or 2):2a. Original poetry2b. Imagine yourself in the picture2c. Fiction inspired by painting2d. Truism, text structure, or essay3. Art experience or memory sketch3b. If sketch, add color next sessionConclude artist unit by having each child state which painting was favorite & tell or write why. SOME ARTISTS: Ansel AdamsFra AngelicoJohn AudubonW. A. BouguereauMary CassattPaul Cezanne Joseph CornellEdgar DegasM. C. EscherPaul GauguinGiottoVincent van GoghGrandma MosesChilde HassamKatsushika HokusaiWinslow HomerEdward HopperByun Shi JiFrida KahloWassily KandinskyPaul KleeDorothea LangeJacob LawrenceRene MagritteEdouard ManetFranz MarcHenri MatisseMichelangeloJean Francois MilletJoan MiroClaude MonetBerthe MorisotArchibald MotleyEdvard MunchLouise NevelsonGeorgia O’KeeffePablo PicassoCamille PissarroJackson PollockEdward Henry PotthastMaurice PrendergastRaphael; RembrandtFrederic RemingtonPierre-Auguste RenoirGrant WoodFaith RinggoldDiego RiveraNorman RockwellAuguste RodinGuy RosePeter Paul RubensCharles M. RussellJohn Singer SargentGeorges SeuratAlfred SisleyTheodore Clement SteeleJohn SteptoeJames TissotTitianHenri de Toulouse-LautrecJ. M. W. TurnerJan VermeerLeonardo da VinciAndy WarholBenjamin WestJames WhistlerYour favorite illustrators of children’s books Books about Artists and Art: (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases which help cover costs of having a website.) A Boy Names Giotto The Genius of Leonardo Leonardo da Vinci for Kids Leonardo and the Flying Boy Michelangelo Rembrandt and Boy Who Drew Dogs Get to Know Worlds’ Greatest Artists Boy Who Loved to Draw: Benjamin West Hokusai: Painted a Mountain Renoir and the Boy with the Long Hair The Magical Garden of Monet Katie and the Waterlily Pond Linnea in Monet’s Garden Katie Meets the Impressionists Marie in Fourth Position: Degas Degas and the Little Dancer Picasso and the Girl with a Ponytail Cezanne and the Apple Boy Van Gogh and the Sunflowers Camille and the Sunflowers Katie and the Starry Night Van Gogh Sunflowers and Swirly Stars Katie and the British Artists Matisse, King of Color A Bird or Two Matisse, Drawing with Scissors Mary Cassatt: Family Pictures Suzette and the Puppy: Mary Cassatt Fantastic Jungles of Henri Rousseau Pablo Picasso: Breaking All the Rules Frida Kahlo; Frida; Diego Dinner at Magritte’s Dreamer from the Village: Marc Chagall My Name is Georgia Through Georgia’s Eyes Grant Wood: The Artist in the Hayloft Edward Hopper: Light and Shadow Action Jackson Norman Rockwell: A Boy and His Dog Story Painter: Life of Jacob Lawrence Drawing with Children Mouse Paint; The Dot; Beautiful Oops! Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases which help cover costs of having a website.)