Frederic Chopin & John Singleton Copley
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.
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| 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
