{"id":4897,"date":"2021-10-17T18:23:15","date_gmt":"2021-10-17T22:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/?page_id=4897"},"modified":"2024-04-06T09:51:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-06T13:51:55","slug":"picture-study-resources-all-levels","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/subjects\/picture-study\/picture-study-resources-all-levels\/","title":{"rendered":"Picture Study Resources – All Levels"},"content":{"rendered":"

Picture study resources<\/span><\/h4>\n

MA web site article “Notes on Picture Study”<\/span><\/p>\n

Introduction to Picture Study<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Prep Level (Kinder)<\/span><\/h3>\n

Look through the pictures with your children once a week, count or find the items noted.\n

An Alphabet in Art<\/span><\/a> by Lucy Micklethwait<\/span><\/p>\n

Numbers in Art<\/span><\/a> by Lucy Micklethwait<\/span><\/p>\n

Animals in Art<\/span><\/a> by Lucy Micklethwait<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n

Level 1B<\/span><\/h3>\n

\u201cCome Look With Me\u201d Series by Gladys Blizzard \u2013 choose any three books:\n

Enjoying Art With Children<\/span><\/p>\n

Exploring Landscape Art With Children<\/span><\/p>\n

Animals in Art<\/span><\/p>\n

World of Play<\/span><\/p>\n

These books include some background information together with some points to look for in each picture. Study one picture each week. <\/span><\/p><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n

Level 1A\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

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Level 1A Year 1: Impressionists<\/span><\/h4>\n

Katie and the Impressionists<\/span> by James Mayhew<\/span><\/p>\n

Term 1: Pierre-Auguste Renoir<\/span><\/h5>\n

Free Printable Renoir Picture Study in the Facebook group\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Free printable picture study packets from Cottage Press<\/a><\/span>\u00a0(scroll down for Renoir)<\/span><\/p>\n

Optional Picture Books<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Girl with the Watering Can<\/span> by Ewa Zadrzynska<\/span><\/p>\n

Term 2: Edgar Degas<\/span><\/h5>\n

Free Printable Degas Picture Study in our Facebook community<\/span>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Optional Picture Books<\/strong><\/p>\n

Meet Edgar Degas<\/span> by Anne Newlands, <\/span><\/p>\n

Chasing Degas<\/span> by Eva Montanari, <\/span><\/p>\n

Degas and the Little Dancer<\/span> by Laurence Anholt, <\/span><\/p>\n

I Dreamed I Was a Ballerina<\/span> by Anna Pavlova<\/span><\/p>\n

Term 3: Claude Monet<\/span><\/h5>\n

Free printable picture study packet by Cottage Press<\/a> <\/span>(scroll down for Monet)<\/span><\/p>\n

Free Printable Degas Picture Study in our Facebook community<\/span><\/p>\n

Monet picture study with background and notes from A humble place<\/a> to download ($)<\/span><\/p>\n

SCM Monet Picture portfolio<\/span><\/a> (printed) for purchase<\/span><\/p>\n

Optional Picture Books<\/strong><\/p>\n

Linnea in Monet\u2019s Garden<\/span> by Christina Bj\u00f6rk,<\/span><\/p>\n

Claude Monet: The Painter Who Stopped the Trains by P. I. Maltbie<\/span>, <\/span><\/p>\n

Monet Paints a Day<\/span> by Julie Danneberg, <\/span><\/p>\n

The Magical Garden of Claude Monet<\/span> by Laurence Anholt <\/span><\/p><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n

1A Year 2: Post-Impressionists<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Term 1: Paul Cezanne<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n

Paul Cezanne: A Painter’s Journey<\/span> by Robert Burleigh, <\/span><\/p>\n

Cezanne and the Apple Boy<\/span> by <\/span>Laurence Anholt<\/span><\/p>\n

Term 2: Vincent Van Gogh<\/span><\/h5>\n

Free printable Van Gogh picture study packet<\/a> from Cottage Press (<\/span>scroll down for Van Gogh)<\/span><\/p>\n

Printable Van Gogh picture study packet<\/a> and prints ($) from A Humble place<\/span><\/p>\n

SCM Van Gogh Picture Study Portfolio<\/a> ($)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Camille and the Sunflowers<\/span> or <\/span>van Gogh and the Sunflowers<\/span> by Laurence Anholt
\n<\/span>(or <\/span>Camille and the Sunflowers<\/span>; the second title may be the same book reprinted under a new title.)<\/span><\/p>\n

Term 3: Henri Rousseau and Georges Seurat<\/span><\/h5>\n

The Fantastic Jungles of Henri Rousseau<\/span> by Michelle Markel, <\/span><\/p>\n

Seurat and La Grande Jatte<\/span> by Robert Burleigh <\/span><\/p><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n

Level 2<\/span><\/h3>\n

Level 2 Year 1: Gothic and Renaissance Art<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Term 1:<\/span> Giotto di Bondone<\/span><\/a> and<\/span> Saint Fra Angelico<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n

SCM Fra Angelico Picture Study Portfolio<\/a> ($)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A Boy Named Giotto<\/span> by Paolo Guarnieri,<\/span><\/p>\n

The Glorious Impossible<\/span> by Madeleine L’Engle<\/span><\/p>\n

Term 2:<\/span> Leonardo da Vinci<\/span><\/a> and<\/span> Sandro Botticelli<\/span><\/a><\/h5>\n

SCM Botticelli Picture Study Portfolio<\/a> ($)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SCM Da Vinci Picture Study Portfolio ($)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/simplycharlottemason.com\/store\/picture-study-portfolios-da-vinci\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Neo Leo: The Ageless Ideas of Leonardo da Vinci by Gene Barretta, <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Leonardo and the Flying Boy by Laurence Anholt, <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Amazing Leonardo da Vinci Inventions: You Can Build Yourself by Maxine Anderson<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Term 3:<\/span> Michelangelo Buonarotti<\/span><\/a> and<\/span> Raphael<\/span><\/a> (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Stone Giant: Michelangelo’s David and How He Came to Be<\/span> by Jane Sutcliffe, <\/span>Michelangelo’s Surprise<\/span> by Tony Parillo<\/span><\/p>\n

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Level 2 Year 2: English Romantics<\/span><\/p>\n

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Term 1:<\/span> George Stubbs<\/span><\/a> and<\/span> Thomas Gainsborough<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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SCM Gainsborough Picture Study Portfolio ($)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/simplycharlottemason.com\/store\/picture-study-portfolios-gainsborough\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Free printable guides on our FB community.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Term 2:<\/span> Joseph Mallord William Turner<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Free Turner printable on our Facebook community<\/span><\/p>\n

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Printable Constable Picture study from A Humble Place (free):\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/ahumbleplace.com\/product\/jmw-turner-a-free-charlotte-mason-picture-study-aid\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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SCM Turner\u00a0 Picture Study Portfolio ($)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/simplycharlottemason.com\/store\/picture-study-portfolios-turner\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Term 3:<\/span> John Constable<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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SCM Constable Picture Study Portfolio ($)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/simplycharlottemason.com\/store\/picture-study-portfolios-constable\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Free printable Constable guide on our Facebook community<\/span><\/p>\n

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Printable Constable Picture study from A Humble Place (free): <\/span>https:\/\/ahumbleplace.com\/product\/john-constable-a-free-charlotte-mason-picture-study-aid\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Suggested extra resource: Art Fraud Detective by Anna Nilsen<\/span><\/p>\n

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Level 3<\/span><\/p>\n

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Level 3 Year 1: Realism<\/span><\/p>\n

Term 1: <\/span>Jean-Francois Millet<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

SCM Millet Picture Study Portfolio ($) <\/span>https:\/\/simplycharlottemason.com\/store\/picture-study-portfolios-millet\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Term 2: <\/span>James Abbott McNeill Whistler<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Printable Whistler Picture study from A Humble Place (free):\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/ahumbleplace.com\/product\/whistler-a-free-charlotte-mason-picture-study-aid\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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SCM Whistler Picture Study Portfolio ($) <\/span>https:\/\/simplycharlottemason.com\/store\/picture-study-portfolios-whistler\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Term 3: <\/span>John Singer Sargent<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Alternative: American Artists:<\/span><\/i><\/h5>\n
Replace Millet with <\/span>Mary Cassatt<\/span><\/a><\/h5>\n

SCM Rubens Picture Study Portfolio ($) <\/span>https:\/\/simplycharlottemason.com\/store\/picture-study-portfolios-cassatt\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Mary Cassatt: Impressionist Painter<\/span> by Lois V. Harris, <\/span>A Child\u2019s Book of Lullabies<\/span> with paintings by Mary Cassatt<\/span><\/p>\n

Level 3 Year 2: Baroque Art<\/span><\/h5>\n

Term 1: <\/span>Peter Paul Rubens<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

SCM Rubens Picture Study Portfolio ($) <\/span>https:\/\/simplycharlottemason.com\/store\/picture-study-portfolios-rubens\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Term 2: <\/span>Rembrandt van Rijn<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Term 3: <\/span>Diego Velazquez<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

SCM Velasquez Picture Study Portfolio ($) <\/span>https:\/\/simplycharlottemason.com\/store\/picture-study-portfolios-velazquez\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Level 4 – One 20th century artist to be studied each term:<\/span><\/h5>\n
Term 1: Henri Matisse<\/span><\/h5>\n

The Iridescence of Birds: A Book About Henri Matisse<\/span> by Patricia MacLachlan, <\/span>Matisse\u2019s Garden<\/span> by Samantha Friedman, <\/span>Henri\u2019s Scissors<\/span> by Jeanette Winter, <\/span>Colorful Dreamer: The Story of Artist Henri Matisse<\/span> by Marjorie Blain Parker, <\/span>A Bird or Two: A Story About Henri Matisse<\/span> by Bijou Le Tord<\/span><\/p>\n

Term 2: <\/span>Pablo Picasso<\/span><\/a><\/h5>\n

And Picasso Painted Guernica<\/span> by Alain Serres (pre-read for younger children), <\/span>The Boy Who Bit Picasso<\/span> by Antony Penrose<\/span><\/p>\n

Term 3: <\/span>Marc Chagall<\/span><\/a><\/h5>\n

Marc Chagall: What Colour Is Paradise?<\/span> by Thomas David and Elisabeth Lemke, <\/span>Dreamer from the Village<\/span> by Michelle Markel, <\/span>Self-Portrait With Seven Fingers: The Life of Marc Chagall in Verse<\/span> by J. Patrick Lewis and Jane Yolen, <\/span>Journey on a Cloud<\/span> by Veronique Massenot<\/span><\/p>\n

Selected paintings and a discussion: <\/span>https:\/\/journeydestination.org\/2014\/06\/25\/picture-study-inspired-by-marc-chagall\/<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Alternate\/Additional artist: Mary Cassatt <\/span>https:\/\/simplycharlottemason.com\/store\/picture-study-portfolios-cassatt\/<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.classicalcharlottemason.com\/picture-study<\/span><\/a> (Matisse, O\u2019Keefe, Picasso)<\/span><\/p>\n

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General resources:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Printable (some free):<\/span><\/p>\n

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https:\/\/ahumbleplace.com\/cmpsa-all\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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A good number of printable PDFs with background info. Some non western.<\/span><\/p>\n

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https:\/\/cottagepresspublishing.net\/picture-study\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Cottage press has several printable PDF collections of artwork.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Resources to purchase:<\/span><\/p>\n

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SCM picture portfolios: High quality prints with a short bio of artist and instructions for picture study.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Riverbend Press: High quality reprints of a selection of pictures by an artist.<\/span> http:\/\/www.riverbendpress.com\/shop-artist-prints<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Book resources:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Art for Children, Raboff:<\/span><\/p>\n

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I (Amanda) LOVE this series by Ernest Raboff. It has really enhanced our picture study. Here is a list and some inside page examples.<\/span><\/p>\n

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https:\/\/reshelvingalexandria.com\/pub\/series\/ernest-raboff-art-for-children<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Mike Venezia, Getting to know the worlds\u2019s greatest artists:<\/span><\/p>\n

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https:\/\/www.rainbowresource.com\/prodlist?subject=Art+%2F+Crafts\/16&category=Getting%20to%20Know%20the%20World%27s%20Greatest%20Artists\/5128<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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—–<\/span><\/p>\n

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{I plan to add to this.}<\/span><\/p>\n

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