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Everything you need to successfully do picture study is in this easy-to-use portfolio. Just one 15-minute lesson once a week is all it takes to spread this feast and cultivate within your children an appreciation for what is just, true, and beautiful.

“We cannot measure the influence that one or another artist has upon the child’s sense of beauty, upon his power of seeing, as in a picture, the common sights of life; he is enriched more than we know in having really looked at even a single picture.”—Charlotte Mason

This Picture Study Portfolio contains:

• Full-color works—Eight beautiful pictures by Hans Holbein are included, so you have freedom to choose your six favorites. These convenient art prints come on 8.5″ x 11″ UV coated card stock for fade resistance and durability.
• A Picture Study handbook specific to Holbein—With the Picture Study handbook, you will have everything you need for successful picture study gathered into one place in an easy-to-use format.
  • Inspiration—Charlotte Mason’s own words about why and how to do picture study.
  • How To Use—A simple 5-step plan to follow at your own pace.
  • Artist Biography—A short, living biography about Holbein, appropriate for all ages.
  • Leading Thoughts—Interesting additional information and ideas that will invite more discussion about each picture included in the portfolio.
  • Specifics—Helpful information about the sizes, current locations, and creation dates of the original works of art. Great for informal size comparisons, geography relations, and Book of Centuries entries.
• A Sturdy Portfolio Envelope—The attractive 10″ x 13″ envelope keeps your art prints and handbook protected, organized, and easy to store!

Included Works

• Portrait of Henry VIII
• The Ambassadors
• Erasmus
• Edward VI as a Child
• Christina of Denmark, Duchess of Milan
• The Merchant Georg Gisze
• Meyer Madonna (Darmstadt Madonna)
• Portrait of Robert Cheseman (1485–1547)

Portfolios in Series:

Botticelli
Cassat
Constable
Durer
Fra Angelico
Gainsborough
Giotto
Homer
Holbein
Leonardo Da Vinci
Michelangelo
Millet
Monet
Raphael
Rembrandt
Rubens
Titian
Turner
Van Eyck
Van Gogh
Velazquez
Vermeer
Whistler

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Created with the nature journalist in mind, The Laws Sketchbook for Nature Journaling hardcover blank journal is the perfect starting point for anyone interested in the practice and joy of getting out, observing, and recording nature. This is a great companion sketchbook to The Laws Guide to Nature Drawing and Journaling and How to Teach Nature Journaling. 

Features

• Designed and field tested by John Muir Laws as well as many fans of the previous edition.
• Sturdy hardcovers for support while sketching in the field.
• Removable dust jacket band reveals canvas textured white journal cover that you can personalize with your own artwork (such as these examples from Amy Tan), favorite quotes that motivate you to journal or connect you to nature, or stickers.
• convenient 7″ x 9″ size.
• Elastic band closure to help you sketch on windy days or flip open to the next blank page.
• Pages open flat for double-page spreads.
• 64 pages of 148g white paper, 16 pages of 200g light brown toned paper–excellent for sketching in pen, pencil, and light watercolor washes.
• 16 pages of reference material on journaling, observation, and sketching including scientific measurement and estimation tools, the Beaufort Wind Scale, and table of contents (you fill it in as you go to help you reference your notes).

Related Resources:

How to Teach Nature Journaling
The Laws Guide to Drawing Birds
The Laws Sketchbook for Nature Journaling
The Laws Guide to Nature Drawing and Journaling

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John Muir Laws’s guide to drawing birds is itself winged, soaring between a devotion not only to art but also to the lives, forms, and postures of the birds themselves. Here, artistic technique and the exquisite details of natural history intertwine, and drawing becomes the vehicle for seeing.

As Laws writes, “To draw feathers, you must understand how feathers grow, overlap, and insert into the body. To create the body, you must have an understanding of the bird’s skeletal structure. To pose this skeleton, you must be able to perceive the energy, intention, and life of the bird.”

This how-to guide will perfect the technique of serious arists but also, perhaps more importantly, it will provide guidance for those who insist they can’t draw. Leading the mind and hand through a series of detailed exercises, Laws delivers what he promises: that “drawing birds opens you to the beauty of the world.”

The demonstrations and material in this book has been developed and refined in hundreds of workshops and will give you the techniques and knowledge you need to draw birds.

Learn how to:

• focus on the most important aspects of a bird in a quick sketch.
• suggest the texture of bird feathers.
• observe and capture critical proportions of different species.
• understand and accurately depict a bird’s wing.
• draw bird beaks, eyes and feet.
• foreshorten and rotate your drawings to any angle.
• render the angles and curves of birds with long necks.
• draw birds in flight.
• develop techniques for adding color with colored pencil or watercolor.
• sketch in the field when your subject can move or fly away.
• avoid common pitfalls in bird drawing.

Related Resources:

How to Teach Nature Journaling
The Laws Guide to Drawing Birds
The Laws Sketchbook for Nature Journaling
The Laws Guide to Nature Drawing and Journaling

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This book provides clear, practical advice for every step of the process for artists at every level, from the basics of choosing supplies to advanced techniques. While the book’s advice will improve the skills of already accomplished artists, the emphasis on seeing, learning, and feeling will make this book valuable—even revelatory—to anyone interested in the natural world, no matter how rudimentary their artistic abilities.

• Ways to use your journal to enhance curiosity, creativity, and sharpen your naturalist’s eye.
• Simple techniques to improve your visual memory and help you draw what you see.
• Lessons on how to use graphite, pen, watercolor and gouache for fast field sketches.
• Lessons on how to draw wildflowers, trees, mushrooms, mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, insects, landscapes, seascapes, and skies.
• Full-color and black-and-white illustrations throughout.

Related Resources:

How to Teach Nature Journaling
The Laws Guide to Drawing Birds
The Laws Sketchbook for Nature Journaling

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While we think of poetry as the best words in the best order, we sometimes forget how important its poetic or metaphoric thinking is to various subjects such as writing, speaking, business, and science. The Art of Poetry is an excellent Junior high or high school curriculum that teaches the practice of reading a poem closely and absorbing its beauty.

The Art of Poetry contains 16 chapters and over 100 poems. The first eight chapters cover the elements of poetry (such as images, metaphor, rhythm, and tone); the final chapters cover the forms of poetry (such as ode, villanelle, and open verse). Each chapter includes an extensive explication of one poem, along with exercises and discussion questions on additional poems. Biographies of fifty-one poets are included along with a glossary of terms and an index of all the poems and authors. Also available are several suggested teaching schedule options and an application section with ideas on how to continue a study of poetry.

The Art of Poetry Teacher’s Edition is also available. It features the entire student text, along with answer keys, teaching tips, and detailed explications, and quizzes.

Art of Poetry Audio Files (MP3) These complimentary audio files feature the author, Christine Perrin, and her husband, Dr. Christopher Perrin, reading aloud over 100 poems included in the Art of Poetry course. *Please note, the zipped file is over 200MB and may take a long time to download, depending on your connection speed.

The Art of Poetry Suggested Weekly Schedules (PDF)

Ask the Magister (teacher)

The Art of Poetry author blog

Companion Products:

The Art of Poetry DVD Set

The Art of Poetry (Teacher’s Edition)

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Thirty-six painting lessons give students their first in-depth look at the elements of color in simply written text and video lessons.

Students can work independently as they learn drawing techniques and handy tips about being an artist from the video, then apply those ideas to their own unique work of art.

Text lessons broaden the scope of learning as students:

• Observe the elements in their environments in order to connect the ideas to real-world experiences.
• See the elements used by Master Artists while learning about the artist and major events in American art history.
• Incorporate new techniques and processes for drawing into their own works of art as they explore various subject matter.

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Thirty-six drawing lessons give students their first in-depth look at the elements of art in simply written text and video lessons.

Students can work independently as they learn drawing techniques and handy tips about being an artist from the video, then apply those ideas to their own unique work of art.

Text lessons broaden the scope of learning as students:

• Observe the elements in their environments in order to connect the ideas to real-world experiences.
• See the elements used by Master Artists while learning about the artist and major events in American art history.
• Incorporate new techniques and processes for drawing into their own works of art as they explore various subject matter.

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Living Art Lessons Set
Living Art Lessons Artist Journal

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Living Art Lessons Text
Living Art Lessons Set

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Living Art Lessons
Living Art Lessons (Student Journal)

Learn about the seven elements of art including lines, shapes, and colors, while observing artwork and nature all around you in this complete, easy-to-use, year-long program. The Artist’s Journal contains the student’s artistic workspace for writing, drawing, and more, all related to the teaching in the main text.

Observe the seven elements of art:

• lines
• shapes
• color
• value
• texture
• form
• space

This Charlotte Mason inspired approach to art lessons allows your student to explore the seven elements of art through a variety of fun and engaging activities and projects. Students will:

• Explore creations made from clay, watercolor, tempera, markers, colored pencils and household items.
• Discover and experiment with primary, secondary, tertiary colors as well as perspective, shading, shadows, dimensions and more.
• Learn about seven famous artists and then “re-create” their style and develop your own style.

This art course is teacher-friendly offering a convenient weekly lesson schedule, detailed supply lists, and student activity pages with creative exercises. The curriculum calendar helps you to plan and complete your projects with minimal disruption and simple planning.

The Artist Journal includes:

• Assignments to help your student learn both basic and more advanced art concepts and techniques.
• Workspace to complete and record your work as you experiment with lines, shapes, colors, value, texture, form, and space.
• Helpful tips and supply lists

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