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Seven Wonders Mystery: Upside-Down Drawing, Week 3, Cycle 1

Posted on August 10, 2018 by Renee Lannan's blog

The biggest impediment to drawing is our assumptions. We often miss the actual shape of a thing because we get stuck or intimidated about what we think it should look like. Why do we have kids draw something upside-down? To help students see … Continue reading →

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Horse Head Profile: Drawing Lesson 1

Posted on August 6, 2018 by Renee Lannan's blog

For the first drawing lesson, we explore the basic shapes. In Classical Conversations, we spend the first six weeks of the Foundations program learning drawing lesson in the Fine Art segment of the class. My lessons were designed for the Masters class (ages 10-11), but the specific class I had last with cycle one were […]

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Jim Davis Art Lesson

Posted on February 1, 2018 by Renee Lannan's blog

I used this lesson below for my Masters class (ages 10-13) at my local Classical Conversations campus three years ago. For week 18, learning from the masters, the curriculum veers into the contemporary era and focuses on cartooning (much to the joy of this age of students)! Continue reading →

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Lichtenstein, Pop Art Lesson

Posted on January 24, 2018 by Renee Lannan's blog

For this lesson on Lichtenstein and his 1960s comics’-inspired art, I thought a smaller-scale project would work better than what the Discovering Great Artists book suggests (considering time and space). Continue reading →

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Andrew Wyeth lesson

Posted on January 18, 2018 by Renee Lannan's blog

The goal is to use watercolor to create a winter outdoor scene using dried glue–an easy method to create the illusion of snowflakes. Continue reading →

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Georgia O’Keefe lesson

Posted on January 4, 2018 by Renee Lannan's blog

Three years ago, this lesson was used in my Masters class (kids ages 10-13) for Fine Arts, week 15 of cycle 3 for Classical Conversations, but really, I would do this project with even apprentices (ages 6-7). Continue reading →

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Fine Arts Lesson: Grandma Moses

Posted on December 20, 2017 by Renee Lannan's blog

I prepared this lesson on Grandma Moses three years ago for Classical Conversations’ week 13 in Cycle 3. My class consisted of Masters (ages 10-12+). As this unit of the Fine Arts section is focused on the great masters and … Continue reading →

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Perspective Drawing Lesson, Week 5, Lego Figures

Posted on August 31, 2017 by Renee Lannan's blog

Applying principles of perspective to Lego figures. Continue reading →

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Abstract Drawing Lesson, Week 4

Posted on August 9, 2017 by Renee Lannan's blog

Designed for week 4 of the drawing unit for Classical Conversations, this lesson uses students’ faces–realistic or cartoonish representation–as inspiration. Continue reading →

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Degas with Chalk

Posted on January 28, 2017 by Renee Lannan's blog

…my favorite project so far for the year… Continue reading →

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