May’s Suggested Lessons & Links
Grades K-2nd
Backyard Nature: Flower, Worm, Butterfly
Ages 8 and Up
Springtime Splendor: Spring Chick, Frog Collage, Watercolor Tulips
Holidays: Star Wars Day (5/4), Cinco de Mayo (5/5), Mother’s Day, World Turtle Day (5/23), Astronomy Day
LiterARTure: Wind in the Willows or Secret Garden or Black Beauty
Bard Art: Hamlet
Art of the Round Table: Dragon in Markers
Historical ARTchives: Trail of Tears
Drawing Animals with Kristen Bailey: Goat
Ages 10 and Up
MWTM2: Edgar Degas — 1. The Ballet Class, 2. Dancer Fastening Her Pump, 3. Racehorses in a Landscape
*And don’t forget to download this month’s Masterpiece Society Art Appreciation volume on Edgar Degas from the “Vanishing Resources” course below.
Selfie Portraits: Amedeo Modigliani – Expressionism
Art Escapades: Gustav Klimt-Inspired Superhero
Nature Journaling with Heather Woodie: Insects
Teens
Watercolors 101: Lessons 12-22
Art Through the Ages: Tribal Art: The Americas and Oceania
Moms
Masterpiece Moms — Ocean Scene
Hand Lettering with Elizabeth Warren: Lettering with Tombow Dual Tip Markers
Masterpiece Makers Art Vault:
Early Elementary
“Everybody born comes from the Creator trailing wisps of glory. We come from the Creator with creativity.
I think that each one of us is born with creativity.” – Maya Angelou
Seasonal
“Creativity is contagious, pass it on.” – Albert Einstein
Inspired by the Master Artists
“If you hear a voice within you say, ‘You cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced” – Vincent Van Gogh
Art Through the Ages: Hands On Art History
“Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.” – Andre Gide
Art School
“Learn the rules like a pro so you can break them like an artist.” – Pablo Picasso
Inspired by Authors & Poets
“Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.” – Leonardo da Vinci
Nature Journaling
“I would like to paint the way a bird sings.” – Claude Monet
More
“To practice any art, no matter how well or how badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake. So do it.” – Kurt Vonnegut
Process Art & Creativity Prompts
“Don’t think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it’s good or bad,
whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art.” – Andy Warhol
Masterpiece Moms
“Creativity takes courage.” – Henri Matisse
Resources
“Every artist was first an amateur.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
