Here's the Highlights: Get your Holiday Tracing Freebies at RidgeLightRanch.com/tracing  The Top 7 Reasons to Teach Tracing: Tracing is a great way to learn to draw. Tracing can free you from needing a teacher Tracing can help simplify a complicated work of art. Tracing has been shown to improve other skills. Tracing helps you notice the details. Tracing boosts confidence. Tracing is fun The objections to tracing are questionable- don’t let them stop you from tracing.  Drawing is a skill we can all learn and tracing is one great tool we can use.   Things I mention is this epis ..read more

In this podcast episode, we discuss the Ridge Light Ranch blog post about Handwriting and Art (Listen to it on Podcast Episode 7 or read it on the blog post). For extended Highlights, check out the correlating episode 8 blog post:  Here's the Highlights: -Writing things by hand has many life benefits like improving recall and making emotional connections -Why do some people avoid writing things out by hand? -Why should we include Handwriting in our children’s education? -How does the rise in popularity of hand lettering fit into all this?   Things we mention is this episode: -Ridge L ..read more

What makes Egyptian art so instantly recognizable? Why did the Egyptians draw and paint in this way? What kind and contributions did the Egyptian culture make to architecture? Today we chat about all these topics as we prepare for a fun art project: Drawing King Tut's Mask Using Symmetry. Here's the full Blog Post: https://ridgelightranch.com/egyptian-art-podcast-29/  ..read more

Today we’re completing our 5-part series on the Classical Model of Education and how to use it to teach art with a special double episode about art in both the Dialectic and Rhetoric stages of learning. Show Notes:  http://ridgelightranch.com/podcast-27-dialectic-rhetoric-art/ Art and the Classical Model Here’s links to the other 4 parts of this series on using the Classical Model of Eduction to teach art: #23 How to Teach Art Using the Classical Model of Education #24 What are the 7 Elements of Art? (Art Grammar, Part 1 of 3) #25 What are the Principles of Design? (Art Grammar ..read more

Continuing our series on How to Teach Art using the Classical Model of Education, we’re moving on in the grammar of art, discussing the Principles of Design! The Principles of Design are the way the Elements of Art are used in a work of art. The Principles of Design help us to figure out why our art doesn't look like we wanted it to look and helps us articulate why we like or don't like other works of art. Here's the full show notes:  http://ridgelightranch.com/podcast-25-principles-of-design/   Questions? Comments? Comment on the Blog post, Join us in the A ..read more

What is the Classical Model of Education and how does it apply to art? What's a model of education to begin with? In this podcast episode, Deanna and Julie discuss three hallmarks of a Classical education: Valuing methods over content, the Trivium, and Subject Integration. Here's a few things we mention: RidgeLightRanch's 2018 art lesson plans Dorothy Sayer's Lost Tools of Learning The 7 Elements of Art Here's the Full Highlights:  http://ridgelightranch.com/podcast-23-art-classical-model/  ..read more

One of the most common struggles we all seem to have in teaching art, is making time for art. Join Deanna and Julie and they discuss HOW to make time for both Art Appreciation AND Art Creation for both your children and yourself!  Here's the full Highlights: http://ridgelightranch.com/podcast-21-making-time-for-art/  ..read more

  Get the Full Highlights Here:  http://ridgelightranch.com/podcast-19-roy-lichtenstein/   Lichtenstein’s Paintings we discuss: The best place to see Roy Lichtenstein's work is at his own website. The art work images are in the "image duplicator" portion of his website. Series of brushstroke paintings and sculptures Girl with Tear I Haystack series (similar to Monet's haystacks) Water Lilies (similar to Monet's Water Lilies) Bedroom at Arles (similar to Van Gogh's Bedroom at Arles) Whamm! Ridge Light Ranch line drawing of Whamm! Oooh... Alright... Things we mention Austi ..read more

We love telling out all about our own personal renaissance activities each episode (the things we're learning and creating)- But how can we foster this mindset of a lifelong love of learning in ourselves and in our children? We've thought up a few keys and wanted to share them with you! Full Show Notes ..read more

We love telling out all about our own personal renaissance activities each episode (the things we're learning and creating)- But how can we foster this mindset of a lifelong love of learning in ourselves and in our children? We've thought up a few keys and wanted to share them with you! Full Show Notes: https://ridgelightranch.com/personal-renaissance-mindset-part-1-podcast-55/  ..read more