Here’s a great free printable lesson resource for the elementary art classroom or homeschool art lesson.
Georgia O’Keeffe Biography
Georgia O’Keeffe was born on a farm in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. She knew from the time she was a young girl she wanted to be an artist. Her parents encouraged her interest and gave her lessons. She was one of seven children in the family, and the education of their children was important to her parents. Her mother had been educated in the East. The family moved to Virginia, and Georgia took private art lessons for several years. When she was eighteen years old she went to live with her aunt and attended the Art Institute of Chicago. Next she returned to her family in Virginia.
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Free Printable Word Search Worksheet
Read the Georgia O’Keeffe biography on GardenofPraise.com and then print the free word search worksheet. It’s a great opportunity to review the most important terms in the biography.
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Grandma Moses | Free Printable Word Search Worksheet
June 3, 2009
Here’s a great free printable lesson resource for the elementary art classroom or homeschool art lesson.
Grandma Moses Biography
Anna Mary was the third child born into the Robertson family in 1860. There would eventually be ten children in the family. She was raised on a farm, attended school for a while, then when she was 12 years old she left home to become a hired hand at a near-by farm… When she was in her late seventies she decided to take up painting which was easier on her hands than needlework. Her first painting was made using housepaint.
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Free Printable Word Search Worksheet
Get a free printable word search worksheet from MakingArtFun.com. It’s a great opportunity to review the most things about Grandma Moses life and artwork.
Grandma Moses Word Search Worksheet from MakingArtFun.com – Creative Resources for Elementary Art Education
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Claude Monet | Free Word Search Worksheet
June 3, 2009
Here’s a great free printable lesson resource for the elementary art classroom or homeschool art lesson.
Biography
Claude Monet (CLAWD maw NEH) was born in Paris, France. Even as a young teenager it became apparent that he had artistic ability. He would draw caricatures of his teachers on his schoolwork. A caricature is a drawing that represents the person, but certain features will be exaggerated, or made larger than they actually are. He began to charge people to draw their caricatures and was able to have a steady income and even save some money.
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Free Printable Word Search
Read about Claude Monet and then print a word search worksheet. It’s a great opportunity to review the things you have learned about the artist.
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Adam and Eve | Free Bible Coloring Page and Story
June 3, 2009
Here’s a nice quality Bible coloring page of Adam and Eve in the Garden for your Sunday school lesson.
Adam and Eve Coloring Page from CalvaryWilliamSport.com
The story of Adam and Eve can be found in the Book of Genesis: Chapter 1:26 thru 3:24
Here is a nicely written version for children on Any-Occasion-Free-Christian-Game.com:
Adam’s responsibility was to tend to the garden. The plants and the trees provided all of the food that Adam needed.
Then God created birds and animals from the dust of the ground, and allowed Adam to name each one of them.Though the animals and birds were beautiful, Adam was still lonely.
God knew that Adam was alone, and said, “This is not good. I will make a help meet for him (Adam).
God put Adam to sleep and removed a rib from his side. From Adam’s rib and the dust of the earth, God created Eve.
Read the rest of the Adam and Eve (Paraphrased Version) story on Any-Occasion-Free-Christian-Game.com.
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Gainsbourgh’s “The Blue Boy” | Free Coloring Page
June 2, 2009
Biography
The painting of The Blue Boy is perhaps the most well known works by Gainsborough (GAINZ burro). It is thought that it is a picture of Jonathan Buttall, who was the son of a wealthy hardware merchant. It is painted with oil paints on a canvas and is quite large; 48 inches wide and 70 inches tall. He painted it over another painting that he had already started to paint.
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Gainsbourgh’s Blue Boy Coloring Page
Print this Blue Boy coloring page from EnchantedLearning.com. Right click to save the coloring page image to your desktop. Then open it in a word document and print. EnchantedLearning.com provides you with printer friendly pages for a $20 per year membership fee, however the Blue Boy coloring page is free to print if you follow these instructions.
Blue Boy Coloring Page from EnchantedLearning.com
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Michelangelo (my kel AN jel oh) was born in Italy in the village of Caprese. His father was a government agent. He attended school, and at the age of 12 he became an apprentice to a famous painter in Florence, Domenico Ghirlandajo. After a year or so he stopped painting and began working as a sculptor. It was during this time that he lived with the Medici (MED ee chee) family, an influential Italian family. When they lost power he went to Rome, and it was there he carved the marble sculpture Pieta (pea ay TAH) when he was 23 years old. The sculpture shows Mary holding the lifeless body of Jesus after He was taken down from the cross. Such a marvelous work, and only the first of many larger than life statues he would create.
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Free The Delphes Sylphide Coloring Page
Familiarize your kids with The Delphes Sylphide by Michelangelo. This coloring page presents an image from the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling between 1508 and 1512.
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James Whistler | Word Search Worksheet
June 2, 2009
Here’s a great free printable lesson resource for the elementary art classroom or homeschool art lesson.
James Whistler Biography
Whistler was born in Massachusetts. His father, Major George Washington Whistler, who had graduated from West Point, was a civil engineer. His mother Anna McNeill came from an aristocratic southern family. When he was nine the family moved to Russia where his father was building a railroad. Six years later his father died and the family returned to America. James himself entered West Point, but dropped out in his third year when he failed to pass a chemistry exam. He was later quoted as saying, “Had silicon been a gas I would have been a ‘Major-General’.” He worked for a while as a draftsman drawing maps, but he got in trouble for drawing pictures in the margins of the maps. He finally decided to just pursue art, and in 1855 he sailed to Paris. He was to never return to America.
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Free Printable Word Search
Read about James Whistler and then print a word search worksheet from GardenofPraise.com. Word search worksheets are a great opportunity to review the things you have learned about the artist.
James Whistler Word Search from GardenofPraise.com
Like to learn more… Visit Wikipedia.org for more about the life and art of James Whistler.
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James Whistler | Homeschool Art Lesson Resources
June 2, 2009
James Whistler | Homeschool Art Lesson Resources
Biography
Whistler was born in Massachusetts. His father, Major George Washington Whistler, who had graduated from West Point, was a civil engineer. His mother Anna McNeill came from an aristocratic southern family. When he was nine the family moved to Russia where his father was building a railroad. Six years later his father died and the family returned to America. James himself entered West Point, but dropped out in his third year when he failed to pass a chemistry exam. He was later quoted as saying, “Had silicon been a gas I would have been a ‘Major-General’.” He worked for a while as a draftsman drawing maps, but he got in trouble for drawing pictures in the margins of the maps. He finally decided to just pursue art, and in 1855 he sailed to Paris. He was to never return to America.
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James Abbott McNeill Whistler (July 11, 1834 – July 17, 1903) was an American-born, British-based artist. Averse to sentimentality and moral allusion in painting, he was a leading proponent of the credo “art for art’s sake”. His famous signature for his paintings was in the shape of a stylized butterfly possessing a long stinger for a tail. The symbol was apt, for it combined both aspects of his personality—his art was characterized by a subtle delicacy, while his public persona was combative. Finding a parallel between painting and music, Whistler titled many of his paintings “arrangements”, “harmonies”, and “nocturnes”, emphasizing the primacy of tonal harmony. His most famous painting is the iconic Whistler’s Mother, the revered and oft parodied portrait of motherhood. A wit, dandy, and shameless self-promoter, Whistler influenced the art world and the broader culture of his time with his artistic theories and his friendships with leading artists and writers.
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James Whistler Study Guide
After you have read the biography, you can follow it up with a 7 question free printable worksheet. Questions include, “What was the name of his first successful painting? ” and “Why did he name the painting of his mother Arrangement in Grey and Black?”
James Whistler Study Guide from GardenofPraise.com
Free Printable Word Search
Read about James Whistler and then print a word search worksheet. It’s a great opportunity to review the things you have learned about the artist.
James Whistler Word Search from GardenofPraise.com
“Whistler’s Mother” Coloring Page
Print the “Whistler’s Mother” coloring page from EnchantedLearning.com. Right click to save the image to your desktop and then open it in a word document to print. EnchantedLearning.com provides you with printer friendly pages for a $20 per year membership fee, though the “Whistler’s Mother” coloring page is free to print if you follow these instructions.
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Michelangelo | Homeschool Art Lesson Resources
June 2, 2009
Michelangelo | Homeschool Art Lesson Resources
Michelangelo (my kel AN jel oh) was born in Italy in the village of Caprese. His father was a government agent. He attended school, and at the age of 12 he became an apprentice to a famous painter in Florence, Domenico Ghirlandajo. After a year or so he stopped painting and began working as a sculptor. It was during this time that he lived with the Medici (MED ee chee) family, an influential Italian family. When they lost power he went to Rome, and it was there he carved the marble sculpture Pieta (pea ay TAH) when he was 23 years old. The sculpture shows Mary holding the lifeless body of Jesus after He was taken down from the cross. Such a marvelous work, and only the first of many larger than life statues he would create.
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Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
(March 6, 1475 – February 18, 1564), commonly known as Michelangelo, was an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet, and engineer. Despite making few forays beyond the arts, his versatility in the disciplines he took up was of such a high order that he is often considered a contender for the title of the archetypal Renaissance man, along with his rival and fellow Italian Leonardo da Vinci.
Michelangelo biography continued on Wikipedia.org
Michelangelo Study Guide
After you have read the biography, you can follow it up with a 7 question free printable worksheet. Questions include, “Which influential family supported Michelangelo?” and “What is a “Pieta?”
Michelangelo Study Guide from GardenofPraise.com
Michelangelo Word Search
Print a Michelangelo word search worksheet. It’s a great opportunity to review the most important terms in the biography.
Michelangelo Word Search Worksheet from Gardenof Praise.com
Michelangelo The Delphes Sylphide Coloring Page
The Delphes Sylphide by Michelangelo is an image from the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican; the Sistine Chapel ceiling was painted between 1508 and 1512.
The Delphes Sylphide Coloring Page from EnchantedLearning.com
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Sea Creatures | Free Coloring Pages
June 2, 2009
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Eek! Shark! from MakingArtFun.com
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Octopus Performs Magic Trick
Octopuses are very smart creatures. And it seems they’re always in the news creating mischief. There was Otto the octopus in Germany who climbed to the rim of his aquarium and shot water at the overhead light shorting it out. And more recently, Sid the octopus in New Zealand escaped from his tank and hid in a drain for five days.
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Great White Sharks
Few creatures strike more fear in humans than the great white shark. In reality, great white shark attacks on humans are rare – and it is even rarer for one of these attacks to be fatal. However, the size of the great white shark and its efficiency as a predator add to the perpetuation of this unnecessary fear.
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