Arts Week (October 09)

Today we looked at paintings by Fra Angelico, who was a 15th century monk, illuminator, and painter. We painted and used "gold leaf" accents (aluminum foil, really).

First we drew a picture on dark colored art paper. Then glued on pieces of foil and painted around it with tempera paint.

The painting of the fish was done by Carrie. And Thomas did the angel.

Thomas and I read an article by Barry Stebbing about Albrecht Durer and looked at some of his paintings and woodcuts, which Thomas thought were amazing.

We read If Your Named Was Changed at Ellis Island to go along with Grandfather's Journey and looked at Ellis Island photos in a huge coffee-table book that we found a long time ago at a library sale (oh, the great stuff they get rid of!).

While I was cooking lunch, the kids listened to a Beethoven CD and we laughed at the bio about him in Lives of the Musicians by Kathleen Krull.

A good school day!