Here is a list of very useful textbooks with useful teaching/learning content and art lesson ideas
(arranged alphabetically)
* Note: links take you to either the Publisher's website or the Amazon store
200 Projects to Strengthen Your Art Skills: For Aspiring Art Students
Author: Valerie Colston
Publisher: Barron's
Price: $22
Challenging tutorials, 35 imaginative projects to complete, and tips from professional artists introduce beginning students to the building blocks of art. This profusely illustrated book teaches serious beginners the fundamental skills of graphic design as an introduction to their formal study in fine art, illustration, computer game design, interior design, animation, and virtually all other avenues in the visual arts.
Art Is Fundamental: Teaching the Elements and Principles of Art in Elementary School
Author: Eileen S. Prince
Publisher: Zephyr Press
Price: $20
This comprehensive Art curriculum can easily be integrated into any teacher's existing instruction and provides thrilling and rewarding projects for Elementary Art students, including printmaking techniques, tessellations, watercolors, calligraphic lines, organic form sculptures, and value collages. Detailed lessons build on one another in a logical progression and explore the elements of texture, color, shape, line, form, and value, and principles such as balance, unity, contrast, movement, distortion, emphasis, pattern and rhythm.
Art Lab for Kids: 52 Creative Adventures in Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Paper, and Mixed Media
Authors: Susan Schwake, Rainer Schwake
Publisher: Quarry Books
Price: $16
Art Lab for Kids features 52 art projects set into weekly lessons, beginning with drawing, moving through painting and printmaking, and then building to paper collage and mixed media. Each lesson features and relates to the work and style of contemporary artists. Lisa The labs can be used as singular projects or to build up to a year of hand-on art experiences. Colorful photos illustrate how different people using the same lesson will yield different results, exemplifying the way the lesson brings out each artist’s personal style.
The Art Teacher's Book of Lists (2nd edition)
Author: Helen D. Hume
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Price: $33
For teachers who need accurate and updated information about the world of art, artists, and art movements, including the arts of Africa, Asia, Native America and other diverse cultures. The book is filled with tools, resources, and ideas for creating art in multiple media. The book covers topics such as architecture, drawing, painting, graphic arts, photography, digital arts, and much more.
Drawing Lab for Mixed-Media Artists: 52 Creative Exercises to Make Drawing Fun
Author: Carla Sonheim
Publisher:
Price: $16
Drawing Lab for Mixed-Media Artists offers a year's worth of assignments, projects, ideas, and techniques. It gives students a fun way to learn and gain expertise in drawing through experimentation and play. The students gain new skills and confidence, allowing them to take their work to a new level.
Dynamic Art Projects for Children
Author: Denise M. Logan
Publisher: Crystal Productions
Price: $25
The 17 projects in this book are presented in a clear and organized manner. Each activity suggests the appropriate age range; the art concepts that it encompasses; style and/or the artist being introduced; a materials list; a definition of terms; and photographic, step-by-step instructions. Abstract cityscapes, fantasy space art, Paul Klee landscapes, texture in nature, and African masks are just a few of the concepts explored. All projects include samples completed by students in the representative age group.
Exploring Art (2nd edition)
Author: Gene Mittler, Rosalind Ragans, Jean Morman Unsworth, Faye Scannell
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Price: $176
Exploring Art gives students insights into the ways artists are inspired, and the reasons they choose particular media to realize their artistic visions. From drawing and painting to architecture, graphic design, and photography, the chapters interweave compelling lessons on elements and principles of art, art history, and criticism with opportunities for studio production.
Exploring Visual Design (4th edition)
Author: Joseph Gatto, Albert Porter, Jack Selleck
Publisher: Davis
Price: $100
A dynamic introduction to the building blocks of Art. Each chapter focuses on a different Element or Principle of Design, including: line, shape and form, balance, and movement and rhythm. Through an in-depth look into these design concepts, students learn how diverse cultures and times have used a common visual language to express their own unique perspective.
Introducing Art (2nd edition)
Author: Gene Mittler, Rosalind Ragans, Jean Morman Unsworth, Faye Scannell
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Price: $184
Introducing Art invites students to see the ways in which artists from many cultures and eras have interpreted such subjects as nature, animals, people, places, objects, events, stories, celebrations, and fantasy. They'll learn about the elements and principles of art, as well as the media and techniques used to create art.
Understanding Art (2nd edition)
Author: Gene Mittler, Rosalind Ragans, Jean Morman Unsworth, Faye Scannell
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Price: $182
Understanding Art takes a chronological/historical approach to art, focusing on art works from ancient to contemporary times. Students will understand how historical, political, geographical, social, and religious events shape each culture's art and makes it unique. The text blends art history with cultural and social traditions, emphasizing the role of art in everyday life. The images and content present art as historical evidence of the creative process. The traditions of Western Europe are examined along with those of China, Japan, India, Native America, and Africa.
The Visual Experience - Teacher's Edition (3rd edition)
Author: Jack Hobbs, Richard Salome, Ken Vieth
Publisher: Davis
Price: $100
A complete Visual Art curriculum that integrates Art History, Aesthetics, Criticism, and Art Production. The Teacher’s Edition does your preparation for you...
...Also, if your program is well funded, a nice series for Lower and Middle school Art (Student Books & Teacher Editions) is Pearson's Art.
Art: Teacher's Edition (G1-G8)
Author: Scott Foresman
Publisher: Pearson
Price: $80 (per grade-book)
Scott Foresman Art integrates classroom instruction, hands-on activities, and literacy-building experiences to turn on the power of art for all students. This sequential curriculum focuses on the Elements of Art and Principles of Design while introducing students to art history, visual culture, and careers in art.
* Note: Prices are only indicative. Most of the books listed above can be found used or new on Amazon or other book-selling websites at lower prices...
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