Here you’ll find a list of resources to aid you in Charlotte Mason picture study! Under each artist are links to different resources, which can include a PDF download that contains printable versions of at least six pieces from the listed artist (chosen from the AmblesideOnline Artist Rotation Schedule). If available, I also offer links to printed and PDF Picture Study Aids that contain further information on the artist and each piece, as well as high-quality, professional art prints (these do not match the AmblesideOnline Artist Rotation Schedule). I have also added links to pages with living art book suggestions for each artist to supplement your picture study time.
If you are interested in reading more about Charlotte Mason picture study, here are a few articles and guides on how to do it and what it looked like in Ms. Mason’s schools:
Free print files for the 2022-2023 school year based on the AmblesideOnline Artist Rotation are here:
Picture Study Aids and other resources for these artists (if available) can be found in the list below.
Printable Art Files and Picture Study Aids
The list is alphabetical by the artist’s last name (except in special cases where the artist is known by their first name, e.g., Raphael, Titian, etc.)
Sandro Botticelli
ca. 1445 – 1510 (Florentine/Italian – Italian Renaissance)
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
1525-1569 (Flemish – Northern Renaissance)
John Constable
1776-1837 (British – Romanticism/Naturalism)
John Singleton Copley
1738-1815 (American – Neoclassicism/Romanticism)
Gustave Courbet
1819-1877 (French – Realism)
Caspar David Friedrich
1774 – 1840 (German – Romanticism)
Katsushika Hokusai
1760 – 1849 (Japanese – Ukiyo-e)
Leonardo da Vinci
1452-1519 (Florentine/Italian – High Renaissance)
Claude Monet
1840-1926 (French – Impressionist)
Raphael (Sanzio)
1483-1520 (ITALIAN – ITALIAN RENAISSANCE)
Rembrandt van Rijn
1606-1669 (Dutch – Baroque/Dutch Golden Age)
John Singer Sargent
1856–1925 (AMERICAN – REALISM)
Henry Ossawa Tanner
1859-1937 (American – Realism)
Titian (Tiziano Vecelli)
1488/90-1576 (Venetian/Italian – Italian Renaissance)
J.M.W. Turner
1775-1851 (British – Romanticism)
Jan van Eyck
1390/95 – 1441 (Flemish – Early Netherlandish/Northern Renaissance)
Vincent van Gogh
1853-1890 (Dutch – Post-Impressionism)
Diego Velázquez
1599-1660 (Spanish – Spanish Baroque)
Johannes Vermeer
1632-1675 (Dutch – Dutch Baroque)
John William Waterhouse
1849-1917 (British – Romanticism/Late Pre-Raphaelite)
Antoine Watteau
1684-1721 (French – Rococo)
Yuan Dynasty
1271-1368 (China)
* The Free Printable Picture Study Art files (based on the selections from the AmblesideOnline Artist Study rotation) do not include all of the same pieces as the Picture Study Aids and Art Prints available for sale.
** AO users, please note that the Jan van Eyck Picture Study Aid and Art Prints, the Johannes Vermeer Picture Study Aid and Art Prints, and the Vincent van Gogh Picture Study Aid and Art Prints for sale on the site do not include all of the same works of art chosen for the AO Artist Study rotation.
*** Please note that the Sandro Botticelli and Raphael Printable Picture Study Art files contain nudity. The selections were made based on the AmblesideOnline Artist Study Schedule, and the file also offers alternatives without nudity.
Also, if anyone is looking for the old AO Yahoo Art Prints Group, I have most (if not all) of them here!
!["I’m painting with the gusto of a Marseillais eating bouillabaisse, which won’t surprise you when it’s a question of painting large Sunflowers. I have 3 canvases on the go, 1) 3 large flowers in a green vase, light background (no. 15 canvas) 2) 3 flowers, one flower that’s gone to seed and lost its petals and a bud on a royal blue background (no. 25 canvas) 3) twelve flowers and buds in a yellow vase (no. 30 canvas). So the last one is light on light, and will be the best, I hope. I’ll probably not stop there. In the hope of living in a studio of our own with [Paul] Gauguin, I’d like to do a decoration for the studio. Nothing but large Sunflowers. Next door to your shop, in the restaurant, as you know, there’s such a beautiful decoration of flowers there; I still remember the big sunflower in the window. Well, if I carry out this plan there’ll be a dozen or so panels. The whole thing will therefore be a symphony in blue and yellow. I work on it all these mornings, from sunrise. Because the flowers wilt quickly and it’s a matter of doing the whole thing in one go.” (Letter 666 to Theo, 1888)
Perhaps some of Vincent's most well-known paintings were his sunflowers series which he painted in preparation of the arrival of Paul Gauguin to Arles in 1888. He wrote with humor and painted with gusto at this time as he was excited for what he hoped would be the start of an artist colony in this town in the south of France. I see a lot of hope in his sunflowers.
This is also an announcement that the Vincent van Gogh Picture Study Aid and Art Prints are back in stock in the shop! Those on the waitlist should've received an email yesterday. You can find it at the link in my profile!
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