January Journeyman Inspirements

Journeyman:
1. Read Haydn in Spiritual Lives of the Great Composers
2. Read Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain Ch. 6
2. Listen to some music by Haydn
3. Find a favorite painting by Giotto (you can send it to me and I'll have it ready to put up)

Then choose one or more of the following
- Learn more about Giotto's life - you may look online (http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/giotto/) or find a children's book about him or his art (I recommend "A Boy named Giotto" or "A Glorious Impossible" (including the afterword).  Teach us what you leaned through a presentation, speech, or your own creative way.

-Choose a favorite song by Haydn, see if you can find some information about it (when he wrote it or why) and present some of the song as well as what you learned in class. (You can send the song to me if you'd like and I'll have it ready to play)

-Do a detailed drawing of your hand in a position of your choice. You can follow the directions from the Modified Contour Drawing exercises in DRS, or you can do it on your own. Try to think of the details of your hands as shapes. Share your results and thoughts about it.

-Look around the room, select something, and try drawing it without looking at the paper. Set a certain time for yourself, and during that time, don't look at the paper; just concentrate on the lines and shapes. Observe the results. Does it show detail? If you are willing, share your results.

I LOVED this beautiful video from depicting Haydn's "The Creation", you can't help being filled with gratitude and reverence as you watch it: