Art Through the Year with Sharon Jeffus — Lesson 1 — Post Impressionism and Line

Posted by Sharon Jeffus | Oct 14, 2013 | Interactive Lessons | 8 |

Take a journey through art with Sharon Jeffus! In this lesson, you’ll learn about the most basic element of art: line. Look at some post-impressionistic artwork like Van Gogh’s “Starry Night”, and learn how to draw a lion using only lines, then make your own copy of Van Gogh’s painting!

Element of Art:
Line

Art Appreciation:
Post Impressionism
Van Gogh

Technique:
Markers
Oil Pastels

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We can’t wait to see your creativity!

Georges Seurat's Sunday on La Grande Jatte

Paul Gauguin's Tahitian Women on the Beach

About The Author

Sharon Jeffus

Sharon Jeffus, homeschool mom, is the co creator of the Visual Manna teaching method and author of over twenty books on art education. Most recently, she released the Visual Manna Academy, an AP-level art instruction course.She is a graduate of John Brown University with a B.S.E. in art education grades one through twelve. She studied art at Metropolitan in Denver and sculpting at Southern Illinois University, and since 1992 has been teaching art across the country at a variety of venues including homeschool conventions and homeschool support groups, and given presentations at ACSI conventions, Wonders of Wildlife Museum, Precious Moments, Azusa Pacific College and a variety of places nationwide.

8 Comments

Rachel on October 14, 2013 at 11:38 pm
This program looks really good! What age is it recommended for?
(Also, sorry, had to tell you about the misspelling; I got a chuckle about “how to draw a lion with a lion” 🙂
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Chad Stembridge on October 16, 2013 at 2:37 am
Hi, Rachel,
Sharon’s art program, Visual Manna, ranges in level from PreK to Adults — see this link:
http://www.rainbowresource.com/prodlist.php?subject=16&category=5101
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Kate Gardner on October 24, 2013 at 10:21 pm
We loved this! Thank you for such a wonderful resource. Can’t wait for more!
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Jodi on October 23, 2013 at 9:07 pm
Is there a way to subscribe to this vlog to get an email when new lessons are posted?
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Elisabeth on October 24, 2013 at 2:46 pm
Thank you so much for this. My girls are greatly looking forward to subsequent videos!
Will a Rainbow Resource email newsletter be sent each time there’s a new video? (I hope so!)
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Chad on November 15, 2013 at 8:52 pm
The video is still live, Kimberly! Had a hiccup with the privacy setting, though.
Jodi, over in the sidebar to the right, you can sign up to get new posts from Our Homeschool Forum delivered to your email inbox.
–Chad
Our Homeschool Forum Admin
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Kimberly Locke on November 15, 2013 at 7:45 pm
Has this video been removed?
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Heather on November 27, 2013 at 3:07 am
I am not able to see the video. Has it been removed or am I doing something wrong?
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