Sign up with your grade school child to bring Beauty and Appreciation into your homeschool lessons. Art history, culture, and fun art techniques are all covered. We hope to see you in class!

How to get the most out of Grade School Art 2: Religious Art and Abstract Art with Jackie de Laveaga: 

  • First, read the course materials below before the first class meeting.

  • Then have a notebook ready and available for class notes each live session.

  • Read assignments before class meetings

  • Watch that week’s recording if you need to revisit information from our live session.

  • Do the assignments, quizzes, and any extra work assigned for that week.

  • Once the course is completed to the parent's and professor’s satisfaction, there is a Certificate of Completion at the end to be filled in for your records.

Special notes: New students are welcomed to join us midyear if there are open seats. 

Total classes: 8

Prerequisite: None

Suggested grade level: 3rd to 6th grade

Suggested credit: ½ semester Art

Instructor: Jackie de Laveaga, M.Ed.

Instructor Email: hsc@delaveaga.app

Course description: An introduction to art history through the study of artists, culture, and artistic techniques. Additionally, students will learn about and apply artistic techniques to their own original creative works of art. Grade School Art Courses can be taken in any order.

Course outline:

1.      Stained Glass Windows

2.      Michelangelo and Space

3.      Raphael and Space

4.      Caravaggio and Light

5.      Abstract: Splatter Paint

6.      Abstract: Blow Art

7.      Abstract: Shapes

8.      Abstract: Pointillism

Course materials: Students will create original works of art using the medium of their choice. Suggested materials (purchase student art-quality brands): art paper (an art notebook works well), colored pencils, watercolor pencils, various markers, drawing pencils, erasers, clay, charcoal. Additionally, acrylic, or watercolor paints, cardstock, paint brushes, clear contact paper and colored tissue paper are needed.