Anyone Can Teach Art | from Ridge Light Ranch

Here's the Full Highlights:

http://ridgelightranch.com/podcast-17-georgia-okeeffe/

We Chat about:

• Who was she?
• What were her paintings like?
• Why study her?

Did you miss something? Here are some of the things we mention:

• School of Art Institute of Chicago
• Espionage Act of 1917
• Arthur Wesley Dow (greatly influenced O'Keeffe's early work)
• Alfred Stieglitz (O'Keeffe's patron and then husband)
• Value- one of the 7 Elements of Art
• Modern Art Movements: Precisionsim, Futurism, Constructivism, Cubism, and Surrealism
• Georgia O'Keeffe Museum (I love you guys!! Thank you for allowing me to use your images in my lesson!)

The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum of Art's collection of O'Keeffe's Work is a great place to see O'Keeffe's work!

• Series 1, White and Blue Flower Shapes, 1919
• Abstraction White Rose, 1927
• Turkey Feather with Horseshoe, II – 1935
• Stump in Red Hills – 1940
• Untitled (Grapes) 1901-02
• Untitled (seated figure) 1901-02

The 2nd artist we'll study in our spring semester is Norman Rockwell. Who was he? What was his art like and why should we study him?

Get the full highlight's here: http://ridgelightranch.com/podcast-16-why-norman-rockwell/

• Van Gogh
• Grandma Moses
• Cook's Illustrated magazine
• Watercolor Pencils
  • Harder pencils: Prismacolor
  • Softer pencils: Faber Castel Albert Durer
• The Powerful Blue, Red, and Maroon Quilt (photos coming soon!)

WikiArt.com is a great place to see most of Rockwell's paintings.

• Boy with a Baby Carriage
• They Remembered Me
• Soldier and Conrads
• Stuck Inside
• Rosie the Riveter
• The Problem We All Live With
• Lincoln for the Defense
• The Golden Rule
• The Music Man
• The Runaway
• Doctor

Deanna & Julie discuss Grandma Moses: Who was Grandma Moses? What were her paintings like? Why should we study her? Join us as we chat about the life and works of this American icon and grow to truly appreciate her paintings.

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Get the full Highlights here:

http://ridgelightranch.com/art-history-discussion/

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The Highlights:

Why study art history?

1. To gain a deeper understanding of cultures
2. To help us understand the art work better
3. To understand the frequent casual references to certain famous works of art
4. To help us learn other subjects via subject integreation
5. To enjoy art more

Why start you art history study with a big picture framework?

1. Art History is a very big subject and it's easy to get lost
2. The Classical Model of Education shows us the brain remembers more when you learn a framework first

Things we mention:

• University of Arizona's Museum of Art 2013 exhibition including works by Fernando Gallego
• The Art Institute of Chicago's exhibition including the Haystack series by Claude Monet
• Pablo Picasso
• Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci (1490)
• The Raft of Medusa by Théodore Géricault (1819)
• Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet (1872)
• The Starry Night by Van Gogh (1889)
• Master Bedroom by Andrew Wyeth (1965)
• Christina's World by Andrew Wyeth (1948)

Full Highlights and printable Art History Overview Chart at:

http://ridgelightranch.com/art-history/

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Here's the Highlights:

When trying to understand Art History, start with a big picture overview of three time periods where we categorize art differently

• Before 800BC: Ancient Art is categorized by its geographic region
• 800BC - 1900AD: Art is categorized by Art Period
• After 1900AD: Art is usually categorized by Art Movement instead of the overall Art Periods of Modern Art or Contemporary Art.

Art period: a particular time period, designated later on, where the art shared common focus or goal

Art movement: a group of people with a common intent/focus for their art- they often form as a club with a manifesto, a spokesperson, and exclusive art shows

For Highlights, check out the correlating episode 12 blog post:

ridgelightranch.com/podcast-12-tracing/

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"Learning to draw is more than learning the skill itself; ... you will learn how to see." - Betty Edwards in Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain.

• Podcast Episode 11: Six Simple Tracing Methods.
• Podcast Episode 10: When to Incorporate Tracing into Your Art Curriculum.
• Podcast Episode 9: The Top 7 Reasons to Teach Tracing.
• The Light Pad I use.
• Betty Edward's Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain.
• Glacier National Park

You can find the written version of this podcast at:

http://ridgelightranch.com/six-art-tracing-methods/

Visit RidgeLightRanch.com/Tracing for the full details of our Giveaway!

Here's the Highlights:

Here are several great methods of tracing:

• Trace Using a Bright Window
• Trace Using Tracing Paper
• Trace Using a Light Box or Pad
• Trace Using a Flashlight App on an iPad or Tablet
• Trace Using a Wet Marker Transfer
• Carbon Paper or Equivalent
• Air Tracing

Things I Mentioned:

• Dbmier Tracing Light Pad
• Wet Erase Markers
• Washable Markers
• Carbon Transfer Paper

You can find the written version of this blog post at: http://ridgelightranch.com/teach-tracing-art-curriculum/

You can access all the FREE downloads mentioned in this episode at RidgeLightRanch.com/tracing

Here's the Highlights:

Incorporate tracing to:

• Save time
• Fill a skill-gap
• Ease frustration

To Trace Mindfully, ask yourself and your students questions about which way the lines are moving and where lines are relative to other lines.

The "Don'ts" of Tracing

1. Don't hide that you traced
2. Don't plagiarize
3. Don't assume tracing has the same emotional value as drawing.

Here's the Highlights:

Get your Holiday Tracing Freebies at RidgeLightRanch.com/tracing

The Top 7 Reasons to Teach Tracing:

1. Tracing is a great way to learn to draw.
2. Tracing can free you from needing a teacher
3. Tracing can help simplify a complicated work of art.
4. Tracing has been shown to improve other skills.
5. Tracing helps you notice the details.
6. Tracing boosts confidence.
7. Tracing is fun

The objections to tracing are questionable- don't let them stop you from tracing.

Drawing is a skill we can all learn and tracing is one great tool we can use.

Things I mention is this episode:

The Art of Tracing by Kathie George

"Can copying and tracing make children smarter?" By Gwen Dewar, Ph.D..

Holiday Tracing Freebies at RidgeLightRanch.com/tracing

In this podcast episode, we discuss the Ridge Light Ranch blog post about Handwriting and Art (Listen to it on Podcast Episode 7 or read it on the blog post).

For extended Highlights, check out the correlating episode 8 blog post:

Here's the Highlights:

-Writing things by hand has many life benefits like improving recall and making emotional connections

-Why do some people avoid writing things out by hand?

-Why should we include Handwriting in our children's education?

-How does the rise in popularity of hand lettering fit into all this?

Things we mention is this episode:

-Ridge Light Ranch blog post about Handwriting and Art

-Amazing Artist Handwriting Sheets; Renaissance - Impressionists

-Amazing Artists Handwriting Sheets; American

-Alisa Taylor Design – Hand Lettering Artwork