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A four week art course for elementary and middle school children that introduces the student to a different artist and medium/subject each week: 

Kay Sage, Nancy Graves, Mary Blair and Laurel Burch.

Each week you will be able to:

  • critique a piece of fine art
  • have an art history lesson on an artist
  • explore a different medium
    • surrealism & watercolor
    • animation
    • sculpture
    • design
  • create detailed sketches in your sketchbook (2-3 per week)
  • create a masterpiece in the style of the artists (4 total)

There is also a 39 page downloadable PDF art notebook that is included with this course.


Check out the sample pages by clicking on this file: sample pages.pdf

There are 16 video demonstrations that correspond to this course:

  • 4 introduction videos
  • 8 practice videos
  • 4 step-by-step videos showing the student how to create each masterpiece

Here are samples of the artwork the children will create:  

Course curriculum

  • 01

    Introduction

  • 02

    Week 1 Kay Sage & Surrealism

    • Day 1 IMAGES FOR PRACTICING SURREALISM (print and cut out)

    • Day 1 Practicing Surrealism pg.8

    • Day 2 Art Critique & History pgs.9-10

    • Day 3 Silly Sentences WORD LIST (print)

    • Day 3 Silly Sentence Surrealism pg. 11

    • Day 4 Continuous Drawing Surrealism pg. 12

    • Day 5 FINAL PROJECT Surrealism Painting
  • 03

    Week 2 Mary Blair & Animation

    • Day 1 Storyboards pg. 16

    • Day 2 Art Critique & History pgs. 17-18

    • Day 3 PRINT OUT TEMPLATE OF THAUMATROPE

    • Day 3 Thaumatropes pg.19

    • Day 4 PRINT OUT TEMPLATE OF PHENAKISTISCOPE

    • Day 4 Phenakistiscopes pg. 20

    • Day 5 FINAL PROJECT Flip Books
  • 04

    Week 3 Nancy Graves & Sculpture

    • Day 1 Forms pg. 24

    • Day 2 Art Critique & History pgs. 25-26

    • Day 3 Animal Sketch for Sculpture pg. 27

    • Day 4 Creating the Sculpture (part 1)

    • Day 4 Creating the Sculpture (part 2)
  • 05

    Week 4 Laurel Burch & Design

    • Day 1 Principles of Design pg. 31

    • Day 2 Art Critique & History pgs. 32-33

    • Day 3 Cats pg. 34

      FREE PREVIEW

    • Day 4 Horses pg. 35

    • Day 5 FINAL PROJECT Fancy Cats (part 1)

    • Day 5 FINAL PROJECT Fancy Cats (Part 2)
  • 06

    Certificate of Completion!

    • Congratulations!

    • Certificate

FAQ'S

FAQ's:

1. How long do I have to use this course?

Once you purchase this course, it is yours to use as often as you would like. You can start and stop a session at anytime. There is no specific time frame needed to finish this class. It does not expire.

2. What age group is this course geared towards?

This course is geared towards children in elementary or middles school. The younger students might need some guidance/help from the parent to have the videos set up (logging in to the website and getting the supplies out). You know your child! For the most part, students should be able to grab their supplies, watch the video demonstrations and complete the art work independently. {Make sure you bookmark this site so your child will be able to sign in!} High schoolers could also use this course to improve art skills or practice these lessons from a different point of view. Parents might also want to participate in these lessons as a fun way to create art together as a family!

3. How many videos are included with this course?

There are 16 step-by-step videos demonstrating how to do each art project.

4. Why the name "Yellow Spot: Sun"?

Pablo Picasso, famous artist and Cubist, once said, "There are painters who transform the sun into a yellow spot, but there are others, with the help of their art and intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun." 

What a wonderful way to view art! If we take the time to view art in this manner, there is no telling what each of these budding artists can create over their lifetime!

5. If I purchased this course, can I share this course with others?

This course is for use within your immediate family only.  It can not be shared with friends, used in co-ops or classroom settings.

All sales are final.


YOU MAY NOT:

•sell, reproduce, repackage or redistribute the contents of any resource from Yellow Spot Sun Series in whole or in part, for any reason.

•Host any of my products on your own or other sites

•Sell files to make a profit (print, bind, and laminate to sell to others)

•Transmit or store any of these resources on any other website or another location where people may download it (ex. Dropbox, Facebook groups, 4Shared, etc.)

Marrissa Raimonde

The Art Teacher

Hi there! I'm Marrissa, the creator of Yellow Spot:Sun and have been homeschooling my three kiddos since 2013. Prior to homeschooling my own kiddos, I earned my Master's Degree in Art Education and taught art in At-Risk public schools for nearly a decade. Yellow Spot:Sun was created in 2017 because I wanted to help other homeschooling families have access to quality art education at an affordable cost from the comfort from their own homes. With over twenty years of art teaching experience, I am continually adding new courses to the site. You can find lessons that are based on history, literature or the seasons. Many of the lessons include videos of me teaching the art technique step-by-step. Some are downloadable "do it yourself" PDF's. It is my hope and prayer that these courses will be a blessing to you and your kiddos and that the desire to create will be ignited in each of them that fosters a love of the arts for a lifetime! Sincerely, Marrissa

Marrissa Raimonde

The Art Teacher

Reviews

Sallie Markle

5 star rating

“it was really fun doing all the art activities and i liked learning about each artist in the critique. overall it was easy and super fun my favorite out of al of them was laurel Burch, i liked doing the end project a lot and using the watercolor p...”

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“it was really fun doing all the art activities and i liked learning about each artist in the critique. overall it was easy and super fun my favorite out of al of them was laurel Burch, i liked doing the end project a lot and using the watercolor pencils. thanks and good day! -Francie!!!!”

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