We’re studying Westward Expansion — the Oregon Trail, the Transcontinental Railroad, and the Gold Rush. And for the first time ever, I tied our artist study to our history studies.
And I’m departing from the traditional Charlotte Mason method of one artist per term. Instead, we’re looking at a variety of artists who painted the West.
Our first artist is George Catlin. Our art book had only 10 Catlin works, so it was a quick three week study. (We narrate a piece daily instead of weekly.)
Art Prints Source
The Art of the Golden West (I got mine for $7 at a used book store the last time I was in USA.)
Notebooking
Catlin Notebooking Pages (that I made)
Websites
National Gallery of Art for Kids on Catlin (image rich)
George Catlin’s Obsession (text rich)
Creative Application
Art Sonia Indian Portrait Create a portrait of a fictional Native American in the style of George Catlin.
Lesson Plans
Campfire Stories with George Catlin
Today we started artist #2 — Frederic Remington. His art includes sculpture as well, something we don’t often study.
We live in Virginia and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts has several pieces of Catlin’s work. I love the “old west” and his work is mesmorizing. Thanks for sharing your study!
This is a great study! I linked from my Google Reader. 🙂
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Jimmie,
Thank you for the artist study resources. They’re very helpful! Tell Sprite her Indian rendition is excellent! God bless you in China!
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