Disclaimer~ I received a COMPLEMENTARY copy of this product through the HOMESCHOOL REVIEW CREW in exchange for my honest review. I was not required to write a positive review nor was I compensated in any other way.
Art class has always been a fun part of our homeschool life.
Every year, I have created lesson plans and dug through endless amounts of ideas on the internet. As an art major in college, I loved exposing my kids to art over the years. I was thrilled when we were asked to review the Art History Program from Creating a Masterpiece.
Creating a Masterpiece is an online fine arts curriculum for students and parents of all ages. The lessons are led by Sharon Hofer. She's the mastermind behind this online art program. Her goal is to help students of all ages explore their creativity, further their artistic abilities, and grow confident in their finished projects. The program provides students with step-by-step instruction through online videos. One of her biggest goals when creating the program was to teach students the technique and help them produce amazing results on their own.
Creating a Masterpiece offers students and families a variety of art resources and curriculums.
~Art Essential Program~
6 Artistic Levels, 68 Projects, 200+ Lessons, 27 Unique Art Media
Art skills taught include composition, color theory, depth, shadow, Perspective, etc.
$19.99 a month
~Drawing Program~
8 Artistic Levels, 60 Projects, 80+ Lessons, 3 Drawing Media
Step-by-Step instructions on basic drawing skills
$24.99 a month
~Art History Program~
3 Specialized Levels, 35 Projects, 90+ Lessons, Study the Historical Artistic Styles
Art history lessons with projects to complete
$29.99 a month
~Full Studio Access~
Every Level of Every Program, Unlimited Access to All Projects, Every Art Media,
$29.95 a month
Each program comes with multiple levels.
Students of all skill sets can work through the programs at their own pace
For this review, we received access to the Art History Program. This program has three kinds of projects divided into three different levels.
~Style of Art in History~
Projects are designed to help students learn famous art styles and create projects them resemble the styles.
~Historically Themed Projects~
These projects were designed to add a little fun to the student's lessons. They include a historical theme. Examples include drawing a pirate ship in pastels, drawing a Revolutionary War cannon with ink, and drawing a picture of a great Native American Chief.
~Capstone Projects~
Projects are meant to teach students how to recreate an art masterpiece. This style of teaching reflects on how many of the great artists in history learned their own skills.
The Art History Program has a variety of projects for students to work on.
Create a Faux Cave Painting
Make a Relief Sculpture
Create a Fresco
Bust Sculpture
Faux Stained Glass
Faux Metal Working
Glass Etching
Printmaking
Acrylic Painting
Oil Painting
Pastels
Ink
We chose to skip to a few of the first projects. A couple of years ago, I taught an art class with our local homeschool co-op. In that class, I focused my art lessons on the historical period the students were learning in history. It was a Catholic curriculum that tied in religion, history, Latin, and art into one. So when I first logged on to the Creating a Masterpiece website, I was pleasantly surprised to see so many of the same art project ideas I had used with my own class.
Therese has had quite a few busy weeks this summer, so we decided to focus on the Egg Tempura project. We did change it up a little though. The project called for spices to be used, but we had leftover pigment from our art class, so Therese used that instead. She basically mixed egg yolk with our tinted pigments. She decided to make floral and butterfly designs. She wasn't able to spend as much time as she would like on these projects. When she has more time, she does plan on going back to create a few of the other projects.
If you follow a history course that runs in cycles, this is a great art history course that will tie into what your students are learning.
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Till Next Time,
Monique
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