Hi everyone! I’ve been working on a fun unit study for next year! It’s called The World’s Greatest Artists Vol. 1 and I’m excited to share it here with you today!
Come along on our quest to learn about some of the world’s greatest artists! So grab some art supplies and get ready to explore, create, and learn!
In this series of artist studies, we will be learning about 8 of the world’s greatest artists. We will immerse ourselves in the work of each artist so we become well familiar with their style, methods, and images.
Each study includes:
- Lesson plans for each week
- Lap Book printables
- Artist Notebooking page
- Art Puzzles
- Artist Flashcards
Much of our time studying will be through open discussion and hands on experimentation. Upon completion of this curriculum you will be able to easily recognize the artwork from each artist studied, learn to look at art critically, as well as have gained an appreciation for art in general. You will also have explored some new techniques, and created several of your own unique masterpieces! And at the end you’ll have a wonderful Greatest Artists Lap Book to refer to!
Resources needed for this study include:
I highly recommend the Mike Venezia Books to go along with my curriculum, they are included in the lesson plans. The books are a fun addition and are perfect for younger kids!
If you would like to skip this additional cost, you can often find them at your local library, or you can do internet searches for each piece of art discussed as you go through the curriculum as well.
What Artists are included in Vol 1?
- Pablo Picasso
- Vincent Van Gogh
- Jackson Pollock
- Claude Monet
- Henry Matisse
- Georgia O’keefe
- Michelangelo
- Leonardo Da Vinci
Click here to get The World’s Greatest Artists Vol. 1 Unit Studies now! Hope you enjoy this curriculum!
Beautiful study!! Thanks for putting this all together and offering it to us. Getting ready to download now 🙂
wowwwww-! Thanks SO much for sharing all your hard work! Art is a much-often neglected subject and you have made it that much easier for the rest of us!! Thank you!!!
We love using these books at an after-school program and recently wrote about some cool Warhol and Pop Art activities we did. http://jennifischer.blogspot.com/2012/09/exploring-great-artists-andy-warhol-pop.html
Hi Erica,
Thank you very much for sharing with us such a great resource for art. Unfortunately, I’m having difficulties downloading the file. Could you please help me? Thanks.
I have a question…I hope it’s not a stupid question…but I am in need of answers that go with the unit study. We are doing our first artist and have put together our jumbo lap book. Where are the answers for the minibooks regarding the style and technique of each artist. Also, where are the answers to the flashcards? Maybe I am overlooking where to find the answers. Thanks for you help!
Hello and God bless you!
I don’t understand how this work. I order the greatest compositor and artist for your website, will i expect coming trought mail like a package? What the download mean? Im very confused.
Thank you for your time.
Thanks for sharing!! This is awesome!
I fell in with this curriculum you have so beautifully put together! However I can’t find the Matisse book anywhere for the price of the others 🙁 not even on the authors website. The OCD part of me is freaking out without a complete curriculum to use. Lol. The only copies I can find are $40. I’m guessing maybe it is no longer in print.? Do you know of a website, I may not have come across, where this is available? If not, being the wonderful, creative person you are would you be willing to replace this artist so the curriculum still has 8? Pleeeeeeeeeeeease 🙂
Thank you for all you do and share with us all!!
I fell in love with this WONDERFUL curriculum you have made and immediately wanted to add it to our art curriculum this coming school year. So I started filling my cart on amazon. However, when I came across Matisse the book is $40! Ahhh! With the others being less then $7 this price seems CRAZY! So I started searching the web. After about an hour or so, no luck. I didn’t even see it listed on the author’s website 🙁 The OCD part of me is freaking out!! Lol. Do you know where this book may still be available for purchase? If not would you be willing to replace this artist with another one in the series so the unit still has 8? Pleeeeeeese?!? *insert big smile face here*
Oh wow!! That looks like an amazing curriculum!