How Great Thou ART, I and II

The curriculum facilitates direct instruction through clear lesson presentation with visual examples and error illustrations. The teacher's manual provides additional background and instructional support.

The curriculum provides 'clear instruction and evaluation' with 'plentiful examples of proper technique' and 'examples of errors to avoid.' A teacher's manual is available that 'adds background, suggestions, and tips for each lesson.'

The curriculum effectively balances structured technique instruction with opportunities for creative application. Students learn specific skills through guided lessons while also being encouraged to draw from life and develop observation skills.

While lessons are structured and sequential, students are 'encouraged to draw from life and nature which helps develop observation skills' and the curriculum includes 'final lessons on lettering, calligraphy, and creativity' plus extra blank pages for independent practice.

The curriculum provides highly structured, explicit instruction in drawing techniques with logical skill progression. Book I systematically builds from basic lines and ellipses to complex topics like foreshortening and human anatomy, while Book II advances to still-life composition and two-point perspective.

Lessons follow an orderly progression starting with drawing lines, then ellipses, then glasses and jars made from those elements. The curriculum covers shading, texture, composition, shadows, foreshortening, nature studies, human anatomy, portraits, and perspective with clear instruction and examples of errors to avoid.

The curriculum appears to focus primarily on skill development with limited emphasis on art history or cultural knowledge. The Christian perspective provides some cultural context but formal art history instruction is not evident.

The review mentions the curriculum has 'a Christian perspective' but does not describe any lessons on art history, major artists, or art movements beyond the technical skill instruction.

The curriculum includes a comprehensive teacher's manual covering both books with instructional support, though the extent of training materials for non-art specialists is unclear. The curriculum is designed to support both instructor-led and independent study.

A 'single-volume teacher's manual that covers both Books I and II' is available and 'adds background, suggestions, and tips for each lesson that go beyond what is provided in the lesson books.'

The curriculum introduces art vocabulary through practical application as students learn techniques, though explicit vocabulary instruction is not specifically described. Technical terms are integrated into lesson content.

The review mentions students learn 'shading, texture, composition, shadows, foreshortening' and other technical concepts, suggesting vocabulary is taught contextually within skill instruction.