Teaching Art in homeschool is one of those subjects that many will think requires a measure of talent to teach. That simply isn’t true. Art can be taught from many different approaches. It can be taught as a study of famous artists, styles or even history. It can also be taught as a hands-on learning endeavor.
But, whether one is fully artistic or just dabbles in art, it can be a worthwhile subject to pursue. Teaching art in homeschool can be a bit frustrating for moms who feel they have no artistic abilities. You may also find it difficult to find classes available locally.
It’s worthwhile to pursue art because art opens a child’s mind to the world, culture, and can inspire creativity in other areas such as writing, engineering or even science.
Teaching Art in Homeschool
In this Ultimate Guide ot Teaching Art in Homeschool you will resources for how to teach, support for art education, unit studies by artists, and even co-op classes. While I’ve done my best to pull together a comprehensive guide, there are still hundreds if not thousands of resources for studying art in homeschool.
Finding Fine Art Locally
I’m a firm believer in seeking out art locally. You may find art in a variety of places but I wanted to give you a few ideas to help you jumpstart your local search for art to explore in your community.
- Art Museums
- Local Colleges an Universities
- Historical Museums or Sites
- The State Capitol
- Other Government Buildings
- Hospitals (Yes, sounds weird, but often a hospital will display marvelous works of art, gallery style, which are donated and later placed for sale or auction, it’s is one way they might raise money.)
- Public Schools (Your school’s art classes might host a gallery night which is open to the public).
- Fairs/Festivals
- Local Architecture
Websites Dedicated to Art
- American Art – Smithsonian Institute
- Americans for the Arts
- Art Education 2.0
- Artcyclopedia
- Artlex – an Art Dictionary
- Arts Education Partnership
- Inspire My Artist
- National Art Education Association
Art in Homeschool
- 3 Tips for Doing Art Every Week – Aspired Living
- 4 Tips for Raising a Crafty Kid – The Sunny Patch
- 9 Ways to Nurture Your Child’s Artistic Interests – The Heart of Michelle
- 10 Teen Art Projects for When You Are Pressed for Time – Education Possible
- 100 Art Resources for Homeschoolers – The Heart of Michelle
- Are the Arts Important in Education? – The Heart of Michelle
- Art Links for the Not-so Artsy Homeschool Parent – Life at the Table
- Art Supplies Every Homeschool Should Have – The Heart of Michelle
- Arts and Crafts With LEGO – Milk and Cookies Blog
- Because you Need to Teach Art in Homeschool – Great Peace Academy
- Celebrating Fall with Art: Mixed Media Workshop for Families – Education Possible
- Celebrate Summer with Art: Mixed Media Workshop – Education Possible
- Chalk Pastels: Easy Art for All Ages – The Heart of Michelle
- Download your FREE 30 Day Summer Art Plans – Education Possible
- Exploring Mixed Media with The Art of Fall – Life at the Table
- Favorite Things: Art Appreciation Resources – The Sunny Patch
- Free Art Curriculum and Notebooking Pages (Grades 1 – 7) – Tina’s Dynamic Homeschool Plus
- How a 3D Pen Can Expand Your Artist’s Skills – The Heart of Michelle
- How Art Can Help With Middle School Creative Development – A Diligent Heart
- How CM Artist Study took us to the MET – Jimmie’s Collage
- How I Teach Fine Arts to Multiple Ages Using the Charlotte Mason Method – The Heart of Michelle
- How to Develop an Appreciation for Art in Your Homeschool – The Heart of Michelle
- How to Expose Teens to Fine Art (and get high school credit too) – Tina’s Dynamic Homeschool Plus
- How to Include Art across Your Homeschool Curriculum – The Heart of Michelle
- How to Play the Sight Seeing Game and Create Mental Pictures – Triumphant Learning
- How to Teach Art in the Homeschoo l – Aspired Living
- How to Teach the Arts Even if You Have No Artistic Talent – The Heart of Michelle
- How to Turn Children’s Art into Greeting Cards – Triumphant Learning
- How We Do Art in Our Homeschool – The Koala Mom
- Inspire Writing with Art – Walking by the Way
- Modern Art for Elementary Ages – Everyday Graces
- Preparing for a Trip to the Art Museum –Jimmie Lanley
- Printable Art & Artist Notebooking Pages – The Notebooking Fairy
- Relax! How to Easily Add Art and Music to Your Day – Tina’s Dynamic Homeschool Plus
- Simple Ways to Add Art Appreciation to Your Homeschool – Aspired Living
- Springtime Splendor: Mixed Media Art Workshop for Older Kids– Education Possible
- Teaching Art to a Non-Artsy Kid – Milk and Cookies Blog
- Teaching Fine Arts – Great Peace Academy
- Top 10 Pinterest Boards for Homeschool Art You Should Be Following – The Heart of Michelle
- Using Drawing with Children by Mona Brookes – Jimmie Lanley
- Why You Need a Crayon Roll in Your Art Kit – The Heart of Michelle
- Winter Wonderland Mixed Media Workshop – Life at the table
Art in History
- Art in History: A Brain-Based Art History Project – The Heart of Michelle
- Cave Paintings of Lascaux – Adventures in Mommydom
- King Tut’s Tomb – Adventures in Mommydom
- Roman Fresco – Adventures in Mommydom
- Roman Mosaic – Adventures in Mommydom
- Hands-on Art
- Cut Paper Monsters Art Project – Walking by the Way
- Giant List of Story Art Projects – Walking by the Way
- Hooray for Fish! Oil Pastel Art Project – Walking by the Way
- Impressionist Art Projects for Kids: Monet – The Sunny Patch
- Pointillism Cookies – The Sunny Patch
- Rainbow Puzzle Collage – Walking by the Way
- Renoir Art Project for Kids – The Sunny Patch
- String Art – The Homeschool Scientist
- The Grouchy Ladybug Mixed Media Collage – Walking by the Way
Artist Studies
- Alexander Calder – Homeschool Share
- Andy Warhol – Homeschool Share
- Artist Notebooking Pages – Homeschool Share
- Artist Study – Paul Cezanne – Our Journey Westward
- Artist Study – Charlotte Mason Style – Jimmie Lanley
- Artist Study & Art Appreciation: Van Gogh – The Heart of Michelle
- Bruegel – Jimmie Lanley
- Cassatt Reproductions – Our Journey Westward
- Cassatt – Jimmie Lanley
- Celebrating Ed Emberley – Walking by the Way
- Celebrating Georges Seurat – The Sunny Patch
- Claude Monet – Homeschool Share
- Degas – Our Journey Westward
- Degas and Tchaikovsky – Our Journey Westward
- Durer – Our Journey Westward
- Edgar Degas – Homeschool Share
- Frank Lloyd Wright – Homeschool Share
- Frida Kahlo – Jimmie Lanley
- Gauguin – Our Journey Westward
- Gauguin – Jimmie Lanley
- George Catlin – Jimmie Lanley
- Georgia O’Keeffe – Jimmie Lanley
- Georgia O’Keeffe – Homeschool Share
- Grandma Moses – Our Journey Westward
- Grandma Moses – Homeschool Share
- Henry Matisse unit study – Adventures in Mommydom
- Homer – Our Journey Westward
- Jackson Pollock – Homeschool Share
- Jacob Lawrence – Jimmie Lanley
- John James Audubon – Jimmie Lanley
- John James Audubon – Homeschool Share
- John Singleton Copley – Homeschool Share
- Leonardo’s Horse Unit Study & Lapbook – Homeschool Share
- Manet – Our Journey Westward
- Mary Cassatt, – Our Journey Westward
- Matisse – Our Journey Westward
- Michelangelo – Our Journey Westward
- Michelangelo for Kids – The Sunny Patch
- Michelangelo – Homeschool Share
- Michelangelo’s Surprise Unit Study & Lapbook – Homeschool Share
- Monet – Jimmie Lanley
- Monet – Our Journey Westward
- Monet’s Japanese Bridge – The Sunny Patch
- Monthly Artist Studies – Our Journey Westward
- Norman Rockwell – Homeschool Share
- Paul Klee – Homeschool Share
- Picasso – Jimmie Lanley
- Raphael – Homeschool Share
- Rene Magritte – Homeschool Share
- Renoir – Jimmie Lanley
- Renoir – Our Journey Westward
- Rodin – Our Journey Westward
- Rousseau – Our Journey Westward
- Rousseau’s Jungle Paintings – Our Journey Westward
- Roy Lichtenstein – Homeschool Share
- Russell – Our Journey Westward
- Seurat – Jimmie Lanley
- Seurat – Our Journey Westward
- The Boy Who Bit Picasso Book Review – Homeschool Share
- The Ultimate Guide to Artist Studies – The Heart of Michelle
- Toulouse-Lautrec – Jimmie Lanley
- Van Gogh – Our Journey Westward
- Van Gogh – Homeschool Share
- Van Gogh’s Sun Flowers – Our Journey Westward
- Vermeer – Jimmie Lanley
- Vincent Van Gogh unit study – Adventures in Mommydom
- Wassily Kandinsky – Homeschool Share
Art Process
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- Inverted Finger Painting – Walking by the Way
- Our Fancy Brushes – Walking by the Way
- Runaway Art – Walking by the Way
- Sand Picture Process Art – Walking by the Way
- Snap Paintings – Walking by the Way
- The How and Why of Process Art – Walking by the Way
- Weaving Art – Walking by the Way
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Homeschool Co-op Art Classes
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- 5 Homeschool Co-op Art Classes Anyone Can Teach – Walking by the Way
- Cooking Art Preschool Co-op Class – Walking by the Way
- Crazy Kid Concoctions Homeschool Co-op Class – Walking by the Way
- Dare to Draw Homeschool Co-op Class – Walking by the Way
- Let’s Make a Mess Preschool Co-op Class – Walking by the Way
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Art isn’t just about crafty things, although crafting can be considered an art. It can be taught simply or it can be a full unit study spanning a variety of genres. Studying art as history helps students to peek into the what the world may have been like hundreds of years ago. Studying an artists life and works can be a jumping point to studying culture, history, music and more.
What are your favorite resources for teaching art? Tell me in comments so I can it check out.
This post is part of the Ultimate Guides post.
Wow! What an amazing list of art resources! I love it. Today we’ve been making a list of projects in a concerted effort to bring art back to our homeschool.
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Great! I’m so glad to hear that you are putting the list to work for you.
Wow! what a list, a little overwhelming but highly useful. I’ve just printed it out, to save to my homeschool binder. We love art in our family, and will surely be referring to this post from time to thanks. Many thanks to the curator. I’ll surely share with some other homeschool mommas in my network. Yipee!
Thanks! I’m so glad you’ve found this resource.