| Art was a REALLY weak area in my homeschool. | | | | really need study. We NEEDED study, because |
| It was one subject that I actually set aside time | | | | my kids would never DO it otherwise. In high |
| for art study, otherwise we would never have | | | | school I taught them mostly from an art history |
| done it! We never had a problem getting math or | | | | perspective, and appreciation. I suppose in high |
| science done, just art! I scheduled it for 2-3 times | | | | school, it's good to have some art appreciation |
| a week, 1-1/2 or 2 hours at a time, depending on | | | | course, but maybe other kids just naturally end |
| the year. Even so, it was something that we | | | | up studying it without any help at all. Hey, My |
| sometimes just didn't do. | | | | youngest studied economics without any help! And |
| The problem (for me) was that Art is very | | | | my oldest studied Russian History, of all things, |
| messy. We did the book "Art Fun" the first year, | | | | without any encouragement! Just not art. |
| then "Feed My Sheep" for two years, then "Draw | | | | My point is that when homeschooling high school, |
| Today." We also did some pottery classes, and | | | | there are two ways to pick up a fine art credit - |
| that was fun (plus, the mess wasn't in MY house!) | | | | the messy way (lots of hands on projects) and |
| I have some art games that they played, and | | | | the tidy way (art history, art appreciation, etc). If |
| there were some books on artists that I had | | | | you are tidy like me, you will naturally gravitate to |
| them read over the years. | | | | the latter, but it is really a good thing to do both. |
| If your kids just "do" art, then maybe you don't | | | | |