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Artist Notebook Helper Vincent Van Gogh Notebooking Pages By Michelle Taylor 2012 Homeschool Notebooking.com All rights Reserved. This material is intended for use within a homeschool setting by one family only. This material may not be duplicated, sold, distributed, photocopied or electronically transmitted except for personal use by the purchaser. Images 2012 Jupiter Images Corporation

Studying the works of great artists is a very relaxing and enjoyable experience for children and adults. Through art we get to see the world around us and experience places, people and things in a fresh and inspiring way. Art study revitalizes the soul, refreshes the mind and inspires our spirits. This plan for art study follows some of the methods of Charlotte Mason. If you would like to read more about Charlotte Mason and her views on Art Study and other subjects, a great place to start is Simply Charlotte Mason. This approach to art study is very simple and extremely easy to implement into your homeschool routine for children of all ages. You can read more about Art Study on our website and see our recommended list of artists to get you started. Feel free to modify these lesson plans in any way to suit your needs. You can substitute any painting with another painting of your choice. This art study is scheduled for 2 days per week for 8 weeks. You will study 6 paintings as well as read a biography about Van Gogh. Please read below so you will understand how to implement each aspect of these lesson plans. Before you Begin: Included in this study are 6 different works of art by Van Gogh. Even though I have provided a large sample of each painting to put in your notebook, I highly recommend having a book with the painting in it to show your child. You want your child to see a high quality version of each painting, and depending on the quality of your printer, the pages provided my not prove to be the best quality version of each painting. Larger, coffee table art books are my favorite. I try and pick them up anywhere I can find them on sale. Your other options would be to view the painting online, or as a last resort, use the larger, full page sample of your chosen painting provided in this study. Make sure and print it out in full color. If you choose to look at it online, I highly recommend Community.authority.net. This is by far the best collection of artist and their work I have found. This is the website our family uses regularly. Supplies Needed: Artist Notebook Helper: Vincent Van Gogh (this Notebooking set) Copies of Van Gogh s Art (Van Gogh Art Book, the website mentioned above, or simply use the full page samples provided in this set)

Day 1 Notes: It is not necessary to tell your student anything about Van Gogh prior to showing the first painting. I generally do not let my children look through any of the paintings in the books ahead of time. In this way, when we do our picture study, the child is seeing this painting for the first time and everything is new to them. You may choose otherwise for your own children, as always it is up to you. Choose a painting from the selection provided in this study. You can start with anyone you want; the choice is up to you. I have included Notebooking pages for the following pictures: 1. The Sower 2. The Bedroom 3. Portrait with Bandaged Ear 4. Starry Night 5. Corridor in the Asylum 6. The Yellow House 7. Blank Notebooking Pages to use with any painting that you choose Show your student the picture. Don t tell him anything about the painting at all. Simply let him sit and look at it for a couple of minutes in silence. After a few minutes, ask him several questions about the painting using your printout Looking at a Work Of Art. You can choose any questions from the list that you like. Simply ask the question and listen as he responds. This should be a very relaxing time and remember there is no right or wrong answers. Your child is figuring out what this painting means to him. What does he see, feel, think? One question from the list that I ALWAYS ask on the first day of a new picture is What do you think the title of this picture is? It is always fun to see what they come up with compared to the actual title. I do not tell them the actual title name until the second day of picture study for that painting. After a fun time of questions, tell the student to take one long last look at the painting, and when he are finished, take the book away. Now ask your child to tell you everything he remembers about the painting. What color was the man s hat? How many books were on the table? What colors painted the day sky? Do NOT tell him if he is right or wrong yet. When he has finished explaining the painting, show him the actual painting again. Now, let him look and see what he got right or wrong. He will find his own mistakes with your guidance.

This will conclude day 1 picture study for this weeks painting. Day 2 On day 2 for this weeks picture study show the student the painting again. Get out your Looking at a Work Of Art questions and ask several different questions about this painting. After a time, take the picture away and have her explain the painting to you again like she did on day 1. This time, your child will most likely recall back the painting with much more correct detail. Have her recall what title she had given the picture on day 1, and now tell her the actual title name. Talk a little bit about why she thinks the Artist gave this title to the painting. If this is all you want to do then that s it you are finished with your picture study for picture #1. Next week, start with a second picture of your choice and repeat the steps outlined above. BUT, you may also choose to complete one or more of the following: (all of the following pages are in this set. Make sure and use the bookmark feature in adobe reader to view the table of contents. Notebooking Pages (includes Painting pages, Biography Pages, and Timeline pages) Painting Pages Each painting has a set of notebooking pages provided for it. It is up to you if you want to use these or not. You can use them just for a few paintings if you like, or use all of them. This shouldn t become a burden to you. You don t have to do a notebooking page for each picture. Kids can use the page to tell the things they like or dislike about the painting, make a list of adjectives to describe it, or write out their answer to one of the art study questions you asked. It all depends on the ages of your kids as to how you want to use the pages. You may just want to put the notebooking page with the full page painting on it in their notebook and be done with it. It s all up to you. If you wish to use the notebooking pages, just print out the notebook cover sheet and put it into a three ring binder for each student. You can add all your artists for the year to this same notebook. Biography Pages: These Notebooking pages are nice to use to document what your child has learned about Van Gogh. After you study a few, or all 6 of his paintings, choose a great living book to read. You can check out our favorite books by visiting our blog here. Just click on Van Gogh in the right sidebar to see our recommended favorites.

Timeline Pages: I love timeline pages! While our family keeps a large Timeline Notebook, I also like to use timeline pages like the ones found in this set. Make a timeline of the famous pieces of art you have learned about. When was he born? When did he die? Add in any other major events that you read about. Mini Books These are nice to use to spice up your Notebooking pages a bit. Added here just for fun, use them however you wish. Art Study Book The artist book can be used along with the notebooking pages, or in place of them. It s up to you. They are both added into the lesson plans, but it is up to you to pick and choose what you want to do. You can do all of it if you like, just make it enjoyable and not a burden. Smaller kids may like the idea of having a small art study book. Just cut the pages in half and staple them together down the left side. Copywork Pages Copywork pages are included with 3 different size lines, and in print and cursive font. There are regular lines, wide primary lines for beginning writers, and small primary lines for children transitioning to regular lines, or for students just learning cursive. This allows all your children to be able to copy the same thing at their own level. Remember, you don t have to use these, it s up to you. Art Cards There are 6 art cards, 1 for each painting studied. I recommend printing these out on card stock and lamenting them. If you don t have a laminator you can use wide packing tape and stretch it across the front and back of the page. Cut them out and place them into your Art Card Pocket that is included in this set. Hang your pocket up on the wall where you have easy access to it. At the end of your study you can use the cards to play a game. The game gets more fun as you study more artists during the year and add those art cards to the mix. Directions for playing the game are below.

Art Card Game You can use these art cards to make up any game you like. Some ideas are as follows: Lay all painting cards facing up. Shuffle the cards that have the name of the painting on them. Turn over a name card, and everyone takes a turn picking the correct painting card that matches their name card. You can reverse this by laying out all the name cards face up, and picking a painting card from the deck, then matching it up to the correct name card. You could also play memory match, matching the correct name card with the correct painting card. Play games to help reinforce what your child has learned. This will help her to be able to recognize great works of art that she sees in movies, books, art museums, etc. That s it! I hope you enjoy this and be sure to check out our website for other Artist in our Artist Notebook Helper series.

Looking at a Work of Art Describe It. What kinds of things do you see in this painting? What else do you see? What words would you use to describe this painting? What other words might we use? How would you describe the lines in this picture? The shapes? The colors? What does this painting show? Look at this painting for a moment. What observations can you make about it? How would you describe this painting to a person who could not see it? How would you describe the people in this picture? Are they like you or different? How would you describe (the place depicted in) this painting? Relate It. What does this painting remind you of? What things do you recognize in this painting? What things seem new to you? How is this painting like the one we just saw? What are some important differences? What do these two paintings have in common? How is this picture different from real life? What interests you most about this work of art? Analyze It. Which objects seems closer to you? Further away? What can you tell me about the colors in this painting? What color is used the most in this painting? What makes this painting look crowded? What can you tell me about the person in this painting? What can you tell me about how this person lived? How did you arrive at that idea? 2012 HomeschoolNotebooking.com This information was found on Eyes on Art website

Looking at a Work of Art What do you think is the most important part of this picture? How do you think the artist made this work? What questions would you ask the artist about this work, if s/he were here? Interpret It. What title would you give to this painting? What made you decide on that title? What other titles could we give it? What do you think is happening in this painting? What else could be happening? What sounds would this painting make (if it could)? What do you think is going on in this picture? How did you arrive at that idea? What do you think this painting is about? How did you come up that idea? Pretend you are inside this painting. What does it feel like? What do you think this (object) was used for? How did you arrive at that idea? Why do you suppose the artist made this painting? What makes you think that? What do you think it would be like to live in this painting? What makes you think that? Evaluate It. What do you think is good about this painting? What is not so good? Do you think the person who painted this do a good or bad job? What makes you think so? Why do you think other people should see this work of art? What do you think other people would say about this work? Why do you think that? What grade would you give the artist for this work? How did you arrive at that grade? What would you do with this work if you owned it? What do you think is worth remembering about this painting? 2012 HomeschoolNotebooking.com This information was found on Eyes on Art website

Van Gogh ~Picture Study~ The Sower 1888

Van Gogh ~Picture Study~