TEACHING BOOKLET
Product Code: AM2-B
Format: Softcover
Binding: Perfect bound
Page Count: 78 pages
Dimensions: 5.5″×8.5″
ISBN: 9781946207425
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Consumable? Yes, purchase one per student.
Answer key: None required.

ART PRINTS
Product Code: AM2-P
Format: 18 art prints, 3 sheets of decorated poems, and 10 sheets of Mini Masterpieces
Binding: Prints
Page Count: 31 sheets
Dimensions: 8.5″×11″
ISBN: 9781946207432
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Consumable? Yes, purchase one per student.
Answer key: None required.

TEACHING BOOKLET
Product Code: AM1-B
Format: Softcover
Binding: Perfect bound
Page Count: 69 pages
Dimensions: 5.5″×8.5″
ISBN: 9781946207333
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Consumable? Yes, purchase one per student.
Answer key: None required.

ART PRINTS
Product Code: AM1-P
Format: 16 art prints, 3 sheets of decorated poems, and 8 sheets of Mini Masterpieces
Binding: Prints
Page Count: 27 sheets
Dimensions: 8.5″×11″
ISBN: 9781946207340
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Consumable? Yes, purchase one per student.
Answer key: None required.

Product Code: SEW
Format: Softcover
Binding: Spiral binding
Page Count: 109 pages
Dimensions: 8.5″×11″
ISBN: 9780976469124
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Consumable? No, purchase one per family.
Answer key: None required.

Alice Cantrell is a veteran homeschooling mother of six who studied advanced sewing and tailoring in college. While still in college, she started a dressmaking business sewing for weddings and other occasions. After the birth of her first child, she converted her business to sewing custom-made children’s clothing. She now sews only for her family.

Tools, Planters, and Preparation
Tools
Where to Plant
Directions for Container Planting
Directions for Planting in the Ground
Fertilizer
A Word about Thinning
Watch Those Weeds!
Stakes and Cages
Where Do I Buy Seeds?
Saving Your Seeds for Next Year’s Garden

Flowers and House Plants
Beans, Scarlet Runner
Marigolds
Nasturtiums
Sweet Potatoes
Zinnias

Herbs
Basil
Chives

Vegetables
Green Beans
Cucumbers
Lettuce
Green Onion
Peas
Potatoes
Miniature Pumpkins
Radishes
Squash, Summer
Squash, Winter
Sunflower/Corn Fort
Tomatoes, Cherry and Standard varieties

Harvest Time

My Gardening Notes

Product Code: OMB
Format: Softcover
Binding: Perfect bound
Page Count: 97 pages
Dimensions: 5.5″×8.5″
ISBN: 9780977123636
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Consumable? No, purchase one per family.
Answer key: None required.

Nancy Nicholson is one of the founding authors of Catholic Heritage Curricula. Equipped with an abundance of God-given talent, a major in Secondary Education–English, and years of experience homeschooling her own children, she has written over thirty educational titles, beginning with Little Stories for Little Folks. Her unique ability to develop programs and workbooks that “fit” both advanced and struggling students is due to her experience raising children of different ability levels and learning styles: two of her children are developmentally challenged, while another went on to graduate from Harvard and is now a college professor.

Product Code: GLS
Format: Softcover
Binding: Perfect bound
Page Count: 67 pages
Dimensions: 8″×9″
ISBN: 9781946207159
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Consumable? Yes, purchase one per student.
Answer key: None required.

Product Code: CWS
Format: Softcover
Binding: Perfect bound
Page Count: 131 pages
Dimensions: 8.5″×11″
ISBN: 9781946207241
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Consumable? Yes, purchase one per student.
Answer key: None required.

Andrea Helen Smith is a self-taught writer, artist, and embroiderer. She grew up in Mississippi, where her parents homeschooled her. She devotes herself to creating products that are unique, beautiful, and enriching to the heart and soul.

Product Code: CGPZ
Format: Softcover
Binding: Perfect bound
Page Count: 90 pages
Dimensions: 8.5″×11″
ISBN: 9780978837631
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Consumable? No, purchase one per family. Permission is granted to make additional copies of the puzzles for immediate family members.
Answer key: A removable answer key is included in the back of the book.

Sandra Garant, J.D., is a veteran homeschooling mom, certified teacher, writer, attorney, and administrative law judge. She taught her three children at home until they were ready for college.

TEACHING BOOKLET
Product Code: AMPK-B
Format: Softcover
Binding: Perfect bound
Page Count: 58 pages
Dimensions: 5.5″×8.5″
ISBN: 9781946207142
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Consumable? No, purchase one per family.
Answer key: None required.

ART CARDS
Product Code: AMPK-C
Format: 26 art cards
Binding: Cardstock
Page Count: 26 cards
Dimensions: 5.5″×8.5″
ISBN: 9781946207562
Returnable? No, view return policy.
Consumable? No, purchase one per family.
Answer key: None required.

Chapter 1: The Principles of Design
Art Theory: Principles of design; review of elements of art and types of compositions
Art Project: Color Wheel Spiral
Art Skills Taught: Value scale; implied form; colored pencil skills

UNIT 1: THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE 

Chapter 2: Naturalism in the Italian Renaissance
Art Theory: Review of implied form, implied space, linear perspective, and chiaroscuro
Art Project: Infinity Hallway with 3D Objects, Part 1
Art Skills Taught: Linear perspective; drawing 3D objects

Chapter 3: Idealism in the Italian Renaissance
Art Theory: Unity
Art Project: Infinity Hallway with 3D Objects, Part 2
Art Skills Taught: Shading 3D objects; complementary colors; drawing skills

UNIT 2: THE NORTHERN RENAISSANCE, REFORMATION, AND COUNTER-REFORMATION

Chapter 4: The Northern Renaissance
Art Theory: Variety; crosshatching
Art Project: Crosshatching a Conch Shell
Art Skills Taught: Hatching and crosshatching; shading skills

Chapter 5: The Protestant Reformation
Art Theory: Repetition
Art Project: Contour Drawings of Your Hand
Art Skills Taught: Contour drawings; observational drawing

Chapter 6: Mannerism in Venice and Spain
Art Theory: Diagonal lines
Art Project: Grid Drawing
Art Skills Taught: Grid drawing

Chapter 7: Mannerism in Central Italy and the Council of Trent
Art Theory: Proportions of the human figure
Art Project: Divine Mercy Project, Part 1
Art Skills Taught: Grid drawing; colored pencil skills

Chapter 8: Early Baroque Art
Art Theory: Contrast and tenebrism
Art Project: Divine Mercy Project, Part 2
Art Skills Taught: Tenebrism; graphite shading skills; color splash effect

UNIT 3: THE DUTCH GOLDEN AGE 

Chapter 9: Portraits and Bible Scenes of the Dutch Golden Age
Art Theory: Facial proportions
Art Project: Facial Portrait
Art Skills Taught: Simplified human figure drawing; drawing and shading the face

Chapter 10: Landscapes of the Dutch Golden Age
Art Theory: Sketching
Art Project: Unified Landscape Composition
Art Skills Taught: Sketching; designing a composition

Chapter 11: Still Lifes of the Dutch Golden Age
Art Theory: Still lifes and observation
Art Project: Still Life Place Setting, Part 1
Art Skills Taught: Drawing 3D objects in perspective; foreshortening; observational drawing

Chapter 12: Genre Scenes of the Dutch Golden Age
Art Theory: Emphasis
Art Project: Still Life Place Setting, Part 2
Art Skills Taught: Emphasis (color splash effect); tenebrism; colored pencil skills (grisaille shading)

UNIT 4: CATHOLIC BAROQUE ART

Chapter 13: Peter Paul Rubens
Art Theory: Movement
Art Project: Baroque Garland Project, Part 1
Art Skills Taught: Drawing skills; observational drawing; compositional skills

Chapter 14: Anthony van Dyck
Art Theory: Positive and negative space
Art Project: Baroque Garland Project, Part 2
Art Skills Taught: Linear perspective; positive and negative space; emphasis; oil pastel skills

Chapter 15: Diego Velázquez
Art Theory: Efficient (loose) brushstrokes
Art Project: Baroque Garland Project, Part 3
Art Skills Taught: Oil pastel techniques; repetition, unity, and variety

Chapter 16: Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Art Theory: Advanced human figure drawing
Art Project: Genre Scene
Art Skills Taught: Advanced human figure drawing; observational drawing

Chapter 17: French Baroque Artists
Art Theory: Tints and shades
Art Project: Night Sky Project, Part 1: Tints and Shades
Art Skills Taught: Color value scale; tints and shades; acrylic painting skills

Chapter 18: The Exuberant Style
Art Theory: Extreme view perspective
Art Project: Night Sky Project, Part 2: Extreme View Perspective
Art Skills Taught: Extreme view perspective; value contrast; acrylic painting skills

UNIT 5: NEOCLASSICISM AND ROMANTICISM

Chapter 19: The Art of Louis XIV
Art Theory: Visual weight; symmetrical and asymmetrical balance
Art Project: Two-Point Perspective: Classical Temple or Medieval Castle
Art Skills Taught: Two-point perspective; symmetrical balance; drawing skills

Chapter 20: The Rococo
Art Theory: Color and mood; steelyard balance
Art Project: Asymmetrical Balance Project
Art Skills Taught: Asymmetrical balance; color and mood; compositional skills

Chapter 21: Neoclassicism
Art Theory: Gesture lines
Art Project: Neoclassical History Scene, Part 1
Art Skills Taught: Gesture lines; sketching; compositional skills (balance); advanced human figure drawing

Chapter 22: Romanticism
Art Theory: Color saturation
Art Project: Neoclassical History Scene, Part 2
Art Skills Taught: Color saturation; emphasis and contrast; colored pencil skills (grisaille shading)

Chapter 23: Romantic Landscapes
Art Theory: Warm and cool colors
Art Project: Romantic Landscape, Part 1: Expressive Sky
Art Skills Taught: Color and mood; expressive brushstrokes; acrylic painting skills

Chapter 24: The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
Art Theory: Regular rhythm
Art Project: Tessellation Pattern
Art Skills Taught: Regular rhythm

UNIT 6: REALISM, IMPRESSIONISM, AND MODERN ART

Chapter 25: Realism
Art Theory: Irregular rhythm through line
Art Project: Romantic Landscape, Part 2: Silhouette
Art Skills Taught: Irregular rhythm; compositional skills; painting a silhouette

Chapter 26: More Realism
Art Theory: Irregular rhythm through forms and shapes
Art Project: Draw a Horse or Tiger
Art Skills Taught: Drawing and shading skills

Chapter 27: Impressionism
Art Theory: Irregular rhythm through brushstrokes
Art Project: Impressionist Birch Trees
Art Skills Taught: Acrylic painting skills (impasto technique, loose brushstrokes, hard and soft edges, masking technique); irregular rhythm

Chapter 28: Post-Impressionism
Art Theory: Local, optical, and exaggerated color
Art Project: Van Gogh Cityscapes
Art Skills Taught: Exaggerated color; oil pastel skills; color and mood

Chapter 29: Modern Art
Art Theory: Abstraction; arbitrary color
Art Project: Kandinsky Landscape, Part 1
Art Skills Taught: Abstraction; compositional skills

Chapter 30: Antoni Gaudí’s Sagrada Família
Art Project: Kandinsky Landscape, Part 2
Art Skills Taught: Arbitrary color; choosing a color scheme; working with dark, medium, and light values; acrylic painting skills

UNIT 7: AMERICAN ART

Chapter 31: American Neoclassicism
Art Project: Symbolism Still Life
Art Skills Taught: Symbolism; graphite drawing and shading skills; observational drawing; compositional skills

Chapter 32: American Romanticism
Art Theory: Animation
Art Project: Flip Book Animation
Art Skills Taught: Visualizing movement; drawing an animation

Chapter 33: American Realism
Art Theory: Rule of thirds
Art Project: Experimenting with the Rule of Thirds
Art Skills Taught: Compositional skills (rule of thirds)

Chapter 34: American Impressionism
Art Theory: Using warm and cool colors for light and shadow; the layering technique in painting
Art Project: Shading with Layers of Paint
Art Skills Taught: Layering technique (applicable to acrylic or watercolor paints); shading with warm and cool colors

Chapter 35: American Modern Art
Art Project: Wayne Thiebaud Candy Composition, Part 1
Art Skills Taught: Compositional skills (rule of thirds); observational drawing; painting skills (acrylic/watercolor)

Chapter 36: Conclusion
Art Project: Wayne Thiebaud Candy Composition, Part 2
Art Skills Taught: Painting from observation; layering technique; shading with warm and cool colors

TEXTBOOK
Product Code: ART2-T
Format: Softcover
Binding: Perfect bound
Page Count: 422 pages
Dimensions: 8.5″×11″
ISBN: 9781946207128
Returnable? Yes, view return policy.
Consumable? No, purchase one per family.
Answer key: None required.

ART PAD
Product Code: ART1-P
Format: Softcover
Binding: Tear-off pad
Page Count: 166 pages
Dimensions: 8.5″×11″
ISBN: 9781946207135
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Consumable? Yes, purchase one per student.
Answer key: None required.

Bethany Pedersen, M.A., is a practicing artist with an M.A. in Theology. She wrote her master’s thesis on sacred art in the theology of Joseph Ratzinger (Benedict XVI). She believes that all great art points beyond itself to God, the source of all beauty. She taught art for first grade through high school at an independent Catholic school, has taught art history at the college level, and enjoys drawing and painting in her free time.

Q: What art supplies are required to complete the Art Pad projects?

A: You can view a full list of art supplies for Art Pad 2 on pages 2-4 of this link.

Q: Why study art appreciation?

A: One answer is that art appreciation is a matter of passing on our heritage as Catholics. The Catholic Church was the primary patron of the arts throughout most of Western History. Knowing about the Gothic Cathedrals, Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel ceiling, and Murillo’s Assumption is our children’s rightful inheritance.

The more fundamental answer, however, is that the experience of beauty in art helps to form the mind and heart for the pursuit of truth and goodness. Great art shapes the soul so that it feels at home with what is beautiful, true, and good. As Prof. John Crosby has said, “the child who is raised to respond to the beautiful is thereby sensitized to all that is good and right and worthy.” Ultimately, a person’s experience of beauty is an invitation from God—the source of all beauty—to seek that which is above.

This is why Benedict XVI speaks of art as “a door open onto the infinite, onto a beauty and a truth that go beyond the daily routine.” Taking time to expose our children to great art gives them the opportunity “to contemplate the ray of beauty that strikes us to the quick, that almost ‘wounds’ us, and that invites us to rise toward God” (Benedict XVI).

To make it easier for homeschooling families to include art appreciation in their curriculum, CHC has developed a two-level art program titled Ever Ancient Ever New. This program combines art history, art appreciation, art theory, and hands-on art practice.

The purpose of Ever Ancient Ever New is not merely to teach fine arts skills or develop a familiarity with famous artists, but still more to cultivate in children a sensitivity to beauty and to the way God speaks through art. The author, Bethany Pedersen, is a practicing artist with an M.A. in theology; she wrote her master’s thesis on sacred art in the theology of Joseph Ratzinger (Benedict XVI).

TEACHING BOOKLET
Product Code: AM4-B
Format: Softcover
Binding: Perfect bound
Page Count: 81 pages
Dimensions: 5.5″×8.5″
ISBN: 9781946207524
Returnable? Yes, view return policy.
Consumable? Yes, purchase one per student.
Answer key: None required.

ART PRINTS
Product Code: AM4-P
Format: 18 art prints, 3 sheets of decorated poems, and 6 sheets of Mini Masterpieces
Binding: Prints
Page Count: 27 sheets
Dimensions: 8.5″×11″
ISBN: 9781946207531
Returnable? No, view return policy.
Consumable? Yes, purchase one per student.
Answer key: None required.