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I'm super excited about this program, and hoping to purchase it soon! I wonder if anyone here has tried it, or heard of it, and if not, I want to make sure you do hear. :)
Here's the official site: HomeArt Studio
Its a DVD program, one DVD per grade, K-5, taught by an art instructor. You purchase them from Jerry's Artarama and they also sell packs of supplies for each grade, varying from $80-150 for the year's supplies. Until yesterday Jerry's had a 3 day 10 or 15 % off entire order sale, which I missed  so I'm going to watch for the next sale. We did a sample kinder lesson with my 4 -7 year olds and they loved it!
What I love is that :
A.) I don't have to drive them anywhere for art classes
B. ) When I did do that ( 5 min. away at a co-op) I paid about the same but only got the artwork, no extra supplies. THis way, I keep extras . 
C. ) She knows what she's talking about...
D.) Its all done for me, all supplies are in the pack, I just have to pull the right ones, set up, and put the dvd in the computer. :)
E.) Someone else teaching - I tried buying supplies and I'll just teach, but I still need some guidance.
So here are some links:
an expired giveaway by Pam in which she links to posts about two lessons her children did and enjoyed.
HomeArtStudio youtube channel with sample lessons
lesson 2 grade 3 post by Cara at 1+1+1=1
enjoy!
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Just to bump this - Jerry's Artarama, which sells this program, currently has a 20% off coupon for July 4 on the main page. Applies to DVDs and supplies. Hoping we can make the purchase today or tomorrow!
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This program looks really good, Amanda. I'm so glad you bumped it. I watched some of the sample lessons with my dc last night.
My ds especially likes drawing dvds and programs vs just reading instructions from a book. We did a Thomas Kinkade dvd- Drawing Excitement- that went over really well.
I am wondering what grade level I would start in... my dc will be in 2 and 4th, and my ds wants to start in 4th, whereas I think 3rd would split the difference nicely.
Well, I have all day to think about it... 
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Oooo nice, I wish there was something Like this for high school..I love that you can get the supplies in a kit too. Maybe there is and I don't know???!!!!
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Today only Jerry's Artarama has free shipping for orders over $50!
Free shipping deal
I'm doing the happy dance here. I didn't order on the 4th, and shipping was steep for jus one or two dvds. I think today is the day!
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Melinda, I missed it too! We got busy making our apple pie and watching fireworks and I didn't get a chance to show it to my husband. I'm buying the supplies too, so that's a big order! Shipping is free over $160 daily. I don't know if you were planning on getting the supplies or not, but from what I've seen they seem to offer a 10 or 15 percent off deal every week or so. The 20 was was big and I doubt they'll run that again soon! So I'm watching of the the next percent off sale. but for just the DVDs I think the free shipping sounds great!
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Kacky, I think they do have other art instructor dvd programs on Jerry's. Check under art dvds or something like that. :)
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KackyK wrote:
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We have used several of the CD/tutorials from Teach Art At Home. (Mine are 17 & 14)
http://www.teachartathome.com/
The're really excellent! Even my DH has made several pastel landscapes while working along with the kids.
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Yes- I was just looking at the dvds, since I do have a lot of art supplies around from using Artistic Pursuits for 3 years now. AP is also a great program- I wish they came on dvd!
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Jerry's is offering 15% off again today through Wednesday. I think I am finally going to buy. Any thoughts, Melinda? Did you order the dvds?
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Oh, yes- I ordered grades 2 and 4. We've done about 4 lessons from Grade 2 now, and so far the kids like it.
I like Ms. Volin a lot- she's very low key, and the instruction segments are fairly short and to the point, so that they don't drag on.
One thing- I wouldn't obsess over the supply list. I am finding that my kids are wanting to put their own spin on the projects. For example, we just did a lesson about pattern and overlapping using the Three Bears Bowls as a theme. The lesson called for doing it on water color paper and mounting it on black construction paper.
I was the only one who did it that way . Both kids completed the project, but my ds used cardstock and colored pencils, and my dd used markers on cardstock, then did another variation using index cards. Go figure- the main thing was that they both learned about patterns, etc.
They don't care if they are using Bristol board or not. At my level, I don't think it matters.
Also- I found cork backed rulers at Walmart for under $2
And the big hit here has been outlining everything with Sharpies. Ms. Volin is big on that.
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Thanks for the feedback!
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Bumping this up since the Homeschool Buyers Coop is running a deal on these right now. You can save up to 40%, which puts the price per dvd at $17.99.
We are still really enjoying this program. It has been one of our finds for the year. 
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So, Melinda, you wrote above that you bought 2 and 4. Did you end up having both work on the same project starting on 2? I was thinking of splitting the difference with my 1st and 3rd graders and getting level 2. Any insight about working with the multiple ages?
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Also, how many lessons are included with each grade level?
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I did get 2 and 4, and we alternate between the two. Most of the time both kids want to do the lesson, but occasionally one wants to wait for the next time his/her grade level comes up. That's fine... they both get in plenty of art. We did a lot of the grade 2 over the summer, and it was novel and fun, so ds did many of those lessons with us.
I don't have the dvd right in front of me, but I want to say there are around 15-20 lessons per grade level.
I had planned to start them both with grade 2 or grade 3 and all work together, but my kids are old enough now to know when something is marked Grade 2 or Grade 4, which these are- very clearly on the cover.
No getting away with putting them both together on the sly... we previewed a couple of lessons on line before buying, so they knew it was all divided into grade levels. It was very important to my ds that I get the 4th grade dvd for him.
This time I plan to get the 3 and 5 grade dvd in the sale. Just wished I had started with K.
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SeaStar wrote:
I did get 2 and 4, and we alternate between the two. Most of the time both kids want to do the lesson, but occasionally one wants to wait for the next time his/her grade level comes up. That's fine... they both get in plenty of art. We did a lot of the grade 2 over the summer, and it was novel and fun, so ds did many of those lessons with us.
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I think they are brand new over the spring/summer Melinda, so they weren't available when your kids were K, unfortunately. My kids are prek, 1st and 3rd so we got the K and 3rd grade packs. We haven't done as many lessons as Melinda's kids but they do enjoy them. The k one is slightly hard for my 4 year olds so they need my help and the older ones do it on their own for fun and help the youngers.
I am planning to get 2nd and 4th next year.
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CrunchyMom wrote:
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I would say grade 2 looks fun - fairy tales and would probably be a great place to start!
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AmandaV wrote:
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I agree. I'm torn between 1 and 2 because I feel like Grade One would be really good for my 1st grader paired with MA's geography here., and then maybe grade 2 would still be okay next Summer or Fall for my then rising 4th grader. On the other hand, reading from Grimm, Anderson, and Lang would be great, too.
I do wish it were organized a bit differently, perhaps if it were categorized something like the Sonlight Cores, with a age range rather than a specific grade level. I think that would help me wrap my head around it so I could better know if things would be markedly too easy or hard for certain ages.
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I'm just posting that we bought these when Melinda posted about them being discounted, and we have really liked them, too. They are available again at the Homeschool Buyers Co-op.
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