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Martha
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Posted: March 26 2008 at 9:01am | IP Logged Quote Martha
What's your favorite books for teaching art for children? Preferably something they can use on their own most of the time, that isn't only how to draw (some is fine tho), but some project type stuff too?

I have Seton's entire series and the entire Draw Write Now series, plus a few Usborne books. I'm looking to expand.

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Posted: March 26 2008 at 9:48am | IP Logged Quote pixilated_momma
Not a favorite book, but a favorite site:
http://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/cjackson/fineart.htm

I get info off the Web for the bios, supplement with some library books, then the kids make their own little art galleries (on construction paper, LOL) with prints that I've downloaded for free from this site.




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Posted: March 26 2008 at 10:11am | IP Logged Quote folklaur
Haven't used it yet - will be as soon as we move though - and I have heard great things about it:

Artistic Pursuits
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Posted: March 26 2008 at 10:19am | IP Logged Quote Lauri B
Two of Evan Moor's resources are excellent:
How to Teach Art to Children
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ArtWorks for Kids

You can also "page through" the books at the Evan Moor site, to see if they appeal to you.
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Posted: March 26 2008 at 10:53am | IP Logged Quote So Blessed
We've been using various levels of How Great Thou Art by Barry Stebbing this year with much success. http://www.howgreatthouart.com
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Posted: March 28 2008 at 10:47pm | IP Logged Quote acystay
We have been doing Gee Art. You can try it out for free. It really is neat and easy to follow. You get the corel painter program w/ your subscription.

I has have Artistic Pursuits and haven't used it yet.
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Posted: March 31 2008 at 7:24pm | IP Logged Quote dizzylaurel
Two of my favorite sites for teaching Art and Art History:

A Lifetime of Color:
http://www.alifetimeofcolor.com/main.taf?p=0,1,3

A Pintura, Art Detective:
http://www.eduweb.com/pintura/

I'll second the motion for "How to Teach ARt to Children", and add "Discovering Great ARtists"....

http://www.amazon.com/Discovering-Great-Artists-Hands-Childr en/dp/0935607099

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Posted: April 04 2008 at 8:52am | IP Logged Quote nissag
We LOVE the "Draw Real" series by Lee Hammond, and all of the fabulous books at Northlight Publications. My oldest daughter is an incredible sketch atist as a result of those books.

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