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Becky Parker
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Has anybody used any of the art materials put out by Barry Stebbing? The titles would be "I Can Do All Things", "How Great Thou Art", "Lambs Book of Art", etc.
I ask because one of the moms in our homeschool group organized a 3 day art class in which Mr. Stebbing and his wife came and taught the kids. Each day was a very intense 2 1/2 hours but my dd enjoyed it so much she actually cried on the way home on the last day. It made me feel really bad because she has such a love for art and I have no skill. Now, I can do some craft stuff and I taught in Catholic schools for years which usually meant I had to teach my own art, but most of what teachers do in that situation are little projects that can be taken home that same day. This dd of mine doesn't like crafts really. She wants to learn to draw and paint like an artist. Anyway, this class gave her a little taste of that and she wants more. I'm just afraid to put $50 into an art curriculum and have the book sit on the shelf because we just don't have time to do it. Any thoughts on this or the program I mentioned?
Becky
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Becky,
I haven't used the Stebbing program, but I can definitely vouch for the Artistic Pursuits program that Brenda Ellis does. She teaches at the homeschool option program my kids go to and her books are fabulous. I just submitted a review of them to Heart and Mind's Winter issue. She has lots of good advice on her site and shows sample pages and table of contents for her books.....well worth the money (which is a tiny bit less than Stebbing). And she is a homeschool mom and professional artist.
Just my $.02!
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Thanks Mary. In your opinion, is this a program that a mom with very little time and very little talent can use for a 7 yo?
Becky
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We have his book, "The Wonderful Art of Drawing Horses" but have not used it yet. It looks like a great program, but ds just does not have the patience or discipline for it yet (we tried once). I am saving it for later 'cause you never know... 
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Becky Parker wrote:
Thanks Mary. In your opinion, is this a program that a mom with very little time and very little talent can use for a 7 yo?
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Yes, everything is spelled out for you. You can also get a "kit" of supplies for each book so you don't have to worry about "oops, forgot that we needed ...." 
Brenda wrote the series for moms to use easily. I like that it combines a bit about art history and art technique. Check out her website as I think you'll get all your answers there -- or you can email Brenda and she'll get right back to you.
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Mary G wrote:
Yes, everything is spelled out for you. You can also get a "kit" of supplies for each book so you don't have to worry about "oops, forgot that we needed ...."
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Oh wow. Hey that's nothing to laugh at! I'd consider it for that feature alone! I've learned the hard way that art is something you must be able to do 'in the moment' and not having the whatever thingy right then almost always means the project is not returned to or it's done with less enthusiasm. 
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We're using the Atelier program this year (www.homeschoolart.com) My boys are young (almost 6 and 4.5 right now) but they are thoroughly enjoying this program and have made some neat pieces.
The program has each lesson on dvd and then the children can create the project. The dvd lesson includes not only the instructor talking and demonstrating, it also shows a classroom of children working on the same project. It requires mainly simple supplies - large paper, markers, paint; with a few extras thrown in (fabric swatches for making animals). It also includes a guide that explains each lesson.
We do art on Thursdays and it works out well. Some weeks the boys will watch the dvd, and then we'll get to the actual project the following Thursday -- if we have an otherwise busy day. They watch the dvd lesson, then they get out the supplies and work on the project - usually while watching the lesson a 2nd time (pausing as necessary/asked).
It IS kinda pricey, but I like that it covers some traditional artists (Picasso was covered in one of the early lessons) and that the work they're creating isn't basic "arts & crafts" stuff. (Not that there is anything wrong with arts & crafts -- but I want them to have a deeper understanding / appreciation of the creation of art)
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Becky,
We have I Can Do All Things. We used for my son when he was 2nd grade and he enjoyed it. The book includes lesson in beginning drawing, drawing with colored pencils and markers, beginning painting and section on the Masters. We did the section on colored pencils and the one on markers. He really enjoyed it. The book is accompanied (I don't remember if you have to order them separately) by some cards. You do the exercise from the texbook and then you do the card that goes with that section. The drawing was a little hard for my then 2nd grader. But I don't think it was much the skill required but his low tolerance for frustration that was the problem. I ordered mine directly from their website and they also have a kit of supplies you can order.
We also own Artistic Pursuit, the middle school one. I used with my dd last year. I liked the program but my dd found it hard. She thought that they were asking her to do things she didn't know how to do. i remember a lesson on sketching. It just seemed that the explanations weren't enough for her to learn to sketch. I didn't use the lower level volume so maybe some of the difficulties would have been avoided if I had started her on the elementary age volume.
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