ARTistic Pursuits Art Core program give students in grades 4 to 12 the opportunity to create projects that help them understand the Big Ideas of art. Each level consists of 36 lessons: 9 video lessons and 27 lessons in the textbook. Video lessons model art materials, techniques, and color theory, and how to use them. The hardcover textbooks take your student on a journey through the history of art, focusing on artists who are masters of the technique or medium that is the focus of each level. Full-color renditions of master works of art help your student gain an understanding of art history, art appreciation, and the foundational elements of art. A list and reference photo of (not included) required art materials, including brand names, is also provided. Each level includes the hardcover textbook and DVD/Blu-ray discs.
Art Core 2: Painting with Watercolor Pencils is a beginner course in which students will start to learn color theory and watercolor painting techniques, exploring color mixing and color combinations and practicing with using brushes to create washes, hard and soft edges, tinting and shading, lines and more. Lessons cover principles of secondary, tertiary, analogous, complementary, neutral colors, and more as well as techniques to set up light sources to create light shadow, and shade. They will continue to study works by American master artists and major events in American art history. Grades 4 – 6.
