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See The Light Art Class {Christian Women’s Affiliate Review}

June 6, 2013 by Dana

Dave and Pat Holt’s See The Light Art curriculum is amazing.  Their teams is dedicated to bringing scriptures and the principles of the Bible into the lives of See The Light users.  All while learning important art skills.

See The Light Art Class Volume 1 teaches students the basics of Art.  In Art Class, students learn important techniques that will be used in their Art throughout life.  Each level of Art Class teaches different techniques and relates the lessons learned to Biblical scripture.  The complete Art Class program teaches everything an Artist needs in preparation for a career in Art.

See The Light Art Class Volume 1 teaches the basic tools of the trade, beginning with the basics of drawing. Lesson one prepares the artist by advising them on the must-haves to keep on hand for their personal drawing toolkit.  Things like pencil types, erasers, colored pencils and more are mentioned here.  These things will be used throughout the artists journey into learning Art.

Lesson two teaches the importance of a line.  Beginning with the simple line and expanding into different line types, curves and even thickness in size.  All these skills come together to become contour drawing, giving life to the students Art.

Lesson three then moves into learning about contour drawing and composition in Art.  Through this lesson the artist learns to synchronize eyes and hands to complete composition.  The artist learns that where things are placed in an art piece, plays an important part to how the piece turns out.

In lesson four, it all comes together.  The artist chooses a common item of choice and completes their contoured drawing using the many techniques learned in previous lessons.  This tests what an artist sees and knows about their art.

We love See The Light’s art program and plan to add it to our homeschooling lessons in the future.  See The Light is easy to use.  As soon as See The Light arrives in our mail, my daughter grabs the discs and runs to view them.  She has fine-tuned many skills using this program and looks forward to using more in the future.  

See The Light is a program that she can use on her own, without input from me.  The program disc provides an instructor and lessons guide her without needing my help.  She can review the disc repeatedly and repeat techniques learned as much as she needs.  Being able to view the videos on her own, allows her to repeat as needed and work at her own pace, which is something she really enjoys.

She has also taken what she’s learned through her lessons and begun teaching her brother and sister.  They view the videos together and she guides them in completion of their own projects.  This helps her develop skills in leadership and bond with her siblings.  Sharing something she knows and loves also promotes strong self-esteem for her.

See The Light’s Art program has been a blessing for us.  Bringing scripture into our home, while bringing Art to life is something everyone here enjoys.  We look forward to learning more through See The Light in the future.

See The Light’s complete Art Class program comes in a boxed set of DVD discs for $99.99.  This is a year’s worth of lessons on every aspect of Art that an artist could need.  The program is also available to buy one disc at a time for $14.99 per Volume.  There are also discs available for teaching Art Projects and Bible Stories.  You can read our review of See The Light’s Paper Jungle here.

 I received a free copy of this book/Ebook/Product to review. I was not required to write a positive review nor was I compensated in any other way. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the FTC Regulations. I am part of The CWA Review Crew.


Filed Under: 2013, Art Class, art curriculum, biblical art, christian, christian art, christian women's affiliate review, christian womens affiliate, CWA review, drawing children to him, See The Light

See The Light Paper Jungle {Crew Review}

June 5, 2013 by Dana

See The Light: Drawing Children to Him is a video art curriculum like no other.  See The Light makes Art easy, even for the most challenged artist.  See The Light, truly brings Art to life.
See The Light is a Christian Art curriculum.  It focuses on teaching the student art principles while also teaching them the to see the beauty of God’s creations.  We chose to review See The Light Paper Jungle for this review.  I chose this because I know my budding artist thoroughly enjoys working with paper in her artwork.  Paper Jungle allowed her to do this, while learning new techniques to use on her own.
When this video program disk arrived in our mail box, I wasted no time handing it over to Emmalee.  I knew she would get started right away and she wasted no time in rushing to the bedroom to watch this DVD on her PlayStation 2.  It wasn’t long before she came running back to gather the necessary supplies to work on her project.
Paper Jungle requires the student to have various materials for completion: construction paper of a particular size in various colors, scrapbooking or similar paper, white glue or a heavy duty glue stick, scissors, a Sharpie marker, a pencil, a white eraser, leaves to study and a photo of a wild animal of the artists choosing. Through watching the video the project comes to life, along with learning about the specialties of God’s creation.   Paper Jungle focuses upon the artistic styling of Henry Rousseau.
The video is broken down into four lessons, which a student would normally follow along with once a week or so for Art Class.  My artist is not so patient and had viewed the entire video in one day!  She also completed over 75% of her project on this first day.  It took a few hours the next day for her to fine tune it to what she wanted her finished product to be.
Before the week was up, my artist had created several masterpieces.  Over the review period, she watched our Paper Jungle lesson video as many times as possible until she basically has it memorized.  It wasn’t long before she began pushing her brother and sister to watch it, too.  She led lessons with them on how to do the things she had learned through See The Light Paper Jungle and before long we had a ton of Paper Jungle projects being posted around the house.
See The Light has quickly become a favorite around our house and we look forward to purchasing more of these wonderful videos to use at home.  My artist already has her eye on See The Light’s Horsing Around, as horses are also a favorite of hers.  At $14.99 a video, See The Light won’t break the budget and will bring Art fun home for any artist. 

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Filed Under: 2013, Art, art curriculum, crew review, drawing children to him, for kids, henry rousseau, paper art projects, paper jungle, Schoolhouse review, See The Light, TOS Review

ARTistic Pursuits {Crew Review}

March 12, 2013 by Dana

ARTistic Pursuits is our absolute FAVORITE curriculum for ART.  We were introduced to this program last year through our participation on The Old Schoolhouse Review Crew and we completely fell in love with it.  This year when we were offered the chance to review ARTistic Pursuits again, we jumped at the offer.
ARTistic Pursuits was created and written by Brenda Ellis to provide a way to learn the Arts, even when parents are not sure how to teach them at home. The individualized study ARTistic Pursuits provides allows students to create art in relation to their personal interests.  The entirety of this program is family friendly, helping to build family relationships.
For this review, we were given ARTistic Pursuits Early Elementary K-3, Book Two.  The K-3 books provide children with an introduction to the visual arts program.  It teaches the student to view art through history with colorful illustrations and simple, easy to complete projects.  This series provides a complete art history, examining the works of the great Masters through 36 projects which include drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture and more.
The book itself is bound with a simple comb binding, allowing the book to be laid flat for lessons, with a clear plastic protective cover on the front and back.  Provided first in the book, behind the Table of Contents, is a Materials list which tells the educator and student was is needed to complete all the lessons in the book.  This list is not broken down into each lesson but is an overall list of what’s needed throughout the entirety of the book.  An art kit is available on the ARTistic Pursuits website for each book available.
There are 36 lessons provided in ARTistic Pursuits Early Elementary K-3, Book Two.  Each lesson provides a story, a synopsis of an Artist or an explanation of a piece of specific piece of Art.  Artists like Cimabue, Van Eyck, Da Vinci, Durer and many more are introduced in this book.  Each artist is expanded upon sharing the story of how they came to this type of career and the type of art they developed.  The artwork is then broken down so that the student can create their own personal project after learning how the original artist did it.
Projects themselves begin by providing the type of art being done such as Watercolor Painting or Ink Printing.  As the student works through the projects specifics like how to hold the paint brush, pressure, paper types, gluing, and more are discussed and put to use.  Each lesson provides a new project to complete.  Most projects are fairly simple and easily done by the average student.  
During our review period, we were able to work through several of the activities in the book.  We limited our lessons to 1 or 2 per week, allowing expansion on learning about the artist themselves through research on the internet.  We took time to read about the artist with the lessons provided in the book and the art they created.  Then we expanded on this by looking up both the artist and the art before completing the project suggested.  It was extremely easy to build upon the provided lessons without distracting from them.  They could very well be completed alone but since I have a budding artist, she insisted on learning more.
Most of the projects we completed were watercolors.  She really enjoys this type of art because it allows her to express her self through one of her favorite mediums: paint.  She was easily able to read and discuss lessons with me, then take those lessons and implement what she had learned on her own.  Her brother and sister were also easily able to follow along and create their own projects.
I personally enjoyed learning along with her through the interesting stories provided in the lesson book.  The book is extensive, but not overly drawn out so that the student gets a full ideal of the artist and the artwork itself but isn’t bored or exhausted by the end of the lesson.  It worked well for us to do these lessons a few times a week.
ARTistic Pursuits is available online.  The Early Elementary K-3 in 3rd edition series contains three separate books.  Each book cost $47.95 per book.  Book two is 85 pages long, with 36 lessons included and 175 illustrations throughout.  It is also a non-consumable curriculum, allowing the owner to use it again and again with more than one child at a time.
For more reviews of ARTistic Pursuits, please visit the Schoolhouse Review Crew blog!


*Disclaimer – This product was provided to me free in exchange for my honest opinion shared in a blog post review.  It was provided to me by ARTistic Pursuits and the Schoolhouse Review Crew.  No money was exchanged during the process of this review.  I am included this disclaimer in accordance of FTC regulations.


Filed Under: 2013, Art, art curriculum, art lessons, art program, ARTistic Pursuits, crew review, homeschool art, homeschool visual arts, visual arts

ARTistic Pursuits {Crew Review}

December 7, 2011 by Dana

ARTistic Pursuits is an art curriculum created to teach children about art as they learn how to create art.  This is more than just art instruction, it is art education at it’s best.  ARTistic Pursuits makes art FUN for all ages, in an understanding and creative way.

For this review, we were given a copy of ARTistic Pursuits book one for grades K-3.  This book is an introduction to Visual Art through art instruction, master works and 32 lesson projects.  Each lesson teaches an artistic skill, shows a particular style of art and artist and allows a creative, age appropriate project to build a child’s artistic skills. 

My children really enjoyed the projects in this book.  My middle daughter, my artist, particularly loved learning about the different styles of art and differing artists that share her talent.  We were able to incorporate this art program with the curriculum we have already been using with ease to increase our educational development in a challenging, yet fun way. 

ARTistic Pursuits is a wonderful program to use for any family, homeschooling or not.  This program could be used as a supplement for any artistic student in addition to art programs provided through a public school, over the summer or for at home instruction.  It’s easy for any parent to teach, even one not skilled in art instruction such as myself.

ARTistic Pursuits curriculum is available online for around $42.95 per book.  For more reviews of this product please visit the TOS Homeschool Review Crew blog.

*Disclaimer – ARTistic Pursuits was provided for free by the TOS Homeschool Review Crew in exchange for my honest opinion in a review on this blog.  No money was exchanged for this review.

Filed Under: 2011, Art, art curriculum, ARTistic Pursuits, crew review, K-3 art curriculum, TOS, TOS Crew, TOS Review

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