Art, Artist, Composer, & Music Study for Term 1 - Frederic Chopin & John Singleton Copley

Composer & Artist Study for Term 1 2015/2016
Frederic Chopin & John Singleton Copley

Composer- Frederic Chopin (1810-1849; Romantic)

Weeks 1 & 2. Listen to Chopin-Op 09 no 2 Nocturne in E flat maj here
Weeks 3 & 4. Op 10 no 3 Etude in E-maj - here3. Op 10 no 12 Revolutionary Etude in C minor
Weeks 5 & 6. Op 21 Piano Concerto number 2 in f minor- here
Weeks 7 & 8. Op 28 Preludes no's 15, 20 and either 16 or 17 here (15),  here (20), here (16), or here (17)
Weeks 9 & 10. Op 53 Polonaise in A flat, Heroic here
Week 11 - go back and repeat Weeks 1 & Week 3.
Week 12- go back and repeat Weeks 5 & 7.
(list taken from Ambleside Online's schedule for 2024-2025 Term 3

Read about Chopin on your Kindle here.

Add Chopin to your timeline & create a notebook biography page about him using these notebooking pages.

More Free (blank) notebooking pages.
Great lense about Composer study with Chopin here.

OR
Read, Chopin His Life & Music by Jeremy Nicholas (listen to audio CDs included according to the schedule) (we found a copy at our local library)

Week 1- Read, Chopin His Life & Music Ch 1. Listen to CD 1, track 10 several times this week, add him to your timeline and begin a notebooking page about him (links above).
Week 2- Read Ch 2- Listen to CD 1, Tracks 1 & 6-9 where instructed and throughout the week.
Week 3- Read, CHL&M Ch 3- Listen to CD 1, track 2.
Read Ch 4- listen to CD 1, track 3 & CD 2, track 5.
Week 4- Read Ch 5- listen to CD 1 track 3 again this wwk.
Week 5- Read Ch 6- listen to CD tracks 6-9 again this week.
Week 6- Read Ch 7- listen to CD 1, tracks 4, 5, 12
Week 7- Read Ch 8- listen to CD 1, tracks 13, 14, & 16.
Week 8- Read Ch 9- listen to CD 2, tracks 2 & 3.
Week 9- Read Ch 10- listen to CD 2, track 4
Week 10- Read Ch 11- listen to CD 2, tracks 6-10
Week 11- Read Ch 12 & 13, listen to CD 2, track 11
Week 12- Read Ch 14, listen to your favorite piece throughout this week.  Finish your notebooking page/biography report.

Paul Revere by J.S. Copley- Week 1 Study

Artist- Copley
View & Study each of these paintings for two weeks (set as background on laptop).
John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815)
   Weeks 1 & 2-. Paul Revere, 1768-70
   Weeks 3 & 4-. Watson and the Shark, 1778 (Graphic depiction of a real event)
   Weeks 5 & 6-. The Death of the Earl of Chatham, 1779-81
   Weeks 7 & 8-. The Defeat of the Floating Batteries at Gibraltar, September 1782, 1783-91
   Weeks 9 & 10-. The Red Cross Knight, 1793 (Lynn Bruce's study notes)
   Week 11. Saul Reproved by Samuel for Not Obeying the Commandments of the Lord, 1798
         Further Interest: The Nativity, 1777
Week 12- Choose your favorite & duplicate it.
(list taken from Ambleside Online's schedule for 2027-2028 Term 1)

Weeks 1 & 2:
1- Read about Copley here.
2- Add Copley to your timeline, locate his birth place and main residence as an adult on a map. 
3- Create a notebook page with biography information on Copley.  Get the notebooking page here.

Weeks 3 & 4:
1- Read book, John Singleton Copley, here
2- Continue to add interesting information and details to your Notebooking pages
3- Add any interesting dates to your timeline

Art History Study
Each week read a 2 page spread and visit the internet links from The Usborne Introduction to Art.
Week 5- pp 6-7
Week 6- pp 8-9
Week 7- pp 10-11 (small nudity)
Week 8- pp 12-13 & visit internet links
Week 9- pp 14-15 & visit internet links
Week 10- pp 16-17 & visit internet links
Week 11- pp 20-21 & visit internet links
Week 12- pp 22-23 & visit internet links

Art Skill & Practice- Term 1
Book- Art for Kids - Drawing by Kathryn Temple
Week 1-
Day 1- Read pgs. 8-11
Day 2- Read pgs. 12-15.  Complete a "Scribble Art"
Day 3- Read pgs. 16-19.  Complete a Blind Contour Drawing & an Upside Down Drawing to warm up.
Project for this week- pg.18-19, Abstract Magic

Week 2-
Day 1- Read pp. 20-26.  Warm up with Draw Using Simple Shapes on pg. 21. Complete Drawing Positive & Negative Space on pg 26.
Day 2- Read pp. 27-33.  Complete Drawing Apples on pg 27. 
Day 3- Complete From Apples to Cats on pg 28-29.
Project for this week- Choose either More Cats or For Dog Lovers to complete.

Week 3-
Day 1- Read pp. 34-35.  Complete several Value Scales in your sketchbook using the techniques described.
Day 2- Read pp. 36-37.  Complete Finding and Drawing Shadows.
Day 3- Read & Complete pp. 38-39, Shadows on Spheres.
Project for this week- pg. 40-41, Multiple Light Sources

Week 4-
Day 1- Read & Complete pp. 42-43, Add Shading to Your Line Drawings
Day 2- Read & Complete pp. 44-45, Revisit Your Apple and Add Shading to Mouse the Cat.
Day 3- Read & Complete pp. 46-47, Drawing on Colored Paper.
Project for this week- pp. 48-49, From Tubes to Trees

Week 5-
Day 1- Read pp 50-53.  Complete The Famous Pencil Trick.
Day 2- Read pp. 54-55.  Complete Using Grides to Draw in Proportion pg. 55.
Day 3- Read pp. 56-57

Week 6-
Day 1- Read pp. 58-63.  Complete Drawing with One-Point Perspective pp. 62-63.
Day 2- Read pp. 64-69.  Complete Two-Point Perspective pp. 66-67.  Practice perspective drawings throughout the week.
Day 3- Read pp. 70-75.  Complete Draw a Basketball Court. 
Project for this week- pp. 74-75, Draw a Landscape.

Week 7-
Day 1- Read pp. 76-81.  Complete The Face Map pp. 77-78
Day 2- Read & Complete pp. 82-83, Draw a Face.
Day 3- Read pp. 84-89.  Complete Draw a Profile pp. 84-85.

Week 8-
Project for this week- Complete pp. 86-87, The Three-Quarter View, add hair and an expression to your drawing.

Week 9-
Day 1- Read pp. 90-95.  Complete More Body Building pp 94-95.
Day 2-Read & complete pp. 96-101,Complete Draw Your Arm and Pump it Up.
- Work the rest of the week on practicing drawing bodies: hands, legs, different gestures.

Week 10-
Read pp. 102-105.  Work this week on Draw an Imaginary Portrait of your Best Friend.

Week 11-
Read pp. 106-107
Work all week on Draw a waterscape. pp. 106-107

Week 12-
All week- work on drawing If Kids Were in Charge, pp. 108-109

Paula Deen's Pumpkin Bars w/ Cream Cheese Frosting- Happy Fall Y'all!

Paula Deen's Pumpkin Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting

Happy Fall Y'all!

 

 



Here in Virginia, Autumn is in full swing!  It seems like we went from a hot, humid summer to cold, rainy winter overnight so I'm so excited to wake up for some Gorgeous Fall Weather this morning!  Woo Hoo!  Fall is my FAVORITE time of year so I'm a happy farm girl today!  Autumn weather puts me in the mood for all things Fall related which always starts with thoughts of PUMPKINS!  Since it was our week to bring goodies for the teacher's lounge at our homeschool co-op, I thought it was a great time to teach my girls about baking, and of course, we started with a delicous pumpkin recipe!

 

When I think of great southern cooking, one of the first ladies that comes to mind for me is the beautiful and creative southern chef, Paula Deen!  I love that she's so successful and still stays true to her roots, right Y'all?   I'm a big fan!  When I was wasting   spending time on Pinterest I just happened across a yummy Paula Deen treat!  Paula Deen Pumpkin Bars with the most buttery, sugary, creamy, cream cheese frosting you have ever tasted!  If I'm going to teach my girls how to bake goodies, Paula's recipes are the way to ensure success!  *By the way- if you're a fan like I am, Paula actually has a Pinterest page of her own with more dreamy recipes and country ideas!

 

The best thing is, although it's made from scratch, it's a simple recipe!  My favorite combination: homemade, delicious, and easy to put together!

 

Ingredients

 

Bars:
4 eggs
1 2/3 cups granulated sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
15-ounce can pumpkin
2 cups sifted all purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda

Icing:
8-ounce package cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
2 cups sifted confectioners’ sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

2.Using an electric mixer at medium speed, combine the eggs, sugar, oil and pumpkin until light and fluffy.

 

3. Stir together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt and baking soda.

4. Add the dry ingredients to the pumpkin mixture and mix at low speed until thoroughly combined and the batter is smooth.

5. Spread the batter into a greased 13x10 inch baking pan. Bake for 30 minutes.

To make the icing:
6. Combine the cream cheese and butter in a medium bowl with an electric mixer until smooth.

7.  Add the sugar and mix at low speed until combined. Stir in the vanilla and mix again.

8. Let cool completely before frosting.

9. Spread on cooled pumpkin bars

10. Cut into bars.

 Oh so yummy!  I must tell you these bars melt in your mouth!  Obviously, there's another goodie on the plate with the pumpkin bar.  I have twin girls and since we needed to make goodies for the teachers' lounge I decided to let them each make different recipes.  Beside the bread is Briana's baked good, Buttermilk Cinnamon Bread! It's delicous also and I'll be posting that recipe next week!

 

 

 I'm so proud of Alyssa for baking these Pumpkin Bars all by herself!  Everything was made from scratch!  It warms my heart to see my daughters taking an interest in homemaking and learning to provide.  It's perfect for our Keepers at Home lessons and it's a joy to share the time and energy together!

The Paula Deen Pumpkin Bars were a great hit in the teachers' loung also! Alyssa was all smiles when my son reported back to her that his teachers were raving in HIS classroom about her bars!  She blushed and grinned so wide when he told her his teachers were in awe that a 9 year old baked it on her own!  I bragged in front of her that my only assistance was placing the pan in the oven (I worry they're still too young to reach it without getting burned).  

  

  The Bible commands every Christian girl to "Use hospitality one to another without grudging," ~I Peter 4:9, so it was such a blessing to be able to homeschool and share the opportunity to provide hospitality to our friends at co-op with my daughters!  I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as we did!

 

Love,

 

Tiffany