Composer and Artist Study Week 2

Week 2 continues with the same composer and artist as week 1.

Week 2 Composer: Franz Josef Haydn -- String Quartet Op 76 No 4 B flat major 'Sunrise'

1. Listen to Haydn String Quartet Op 76 No 4 B flat major 'Sunrise' or click on video below. (22 minutes)
2. Llearn to play an easy song by Haydn. This site has piano sheet music and an MP3 (piano) of 'Surprise' by Haydn.

Week 2 Artist: John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815) -- Watson and the Shark 1778  OR The Copley Family, 1776-7

Watson and The Shark

The Copley Family

1. View Watson and the Shark, 1778 OR The Copley Family, 1776-1777.
2. Read the InsideScoop (for kids and grown-ups together) from Fall 2002 on Copley which covers the painting from this week.
3. Information about Watson and the Shark entitled "A Painting of Copley's English Period"
4. For more study of Watson and the Shark check out the National Gallery of Art. 
5. A brief biography of Copley.

Art lesson for this week (select one or more):

1. Use Drawing A Self Portrait From a Photo.(grade 6-12) lesson plan to draw a self portrait with charcoal and possibly do extension activity by adding adornments that represent the identity of the person.
2. Review drawing a portrait by watching the video at this site. Then draw a self portrait.
3. For additional help on drawing parts of the face watch the videos listed below.

• Watch video on how to draw eyes on this site. 
• Watch video on how to draw noses on this site.
• Watch video on how to draw lips on this site.
• Watch video on how to draw ears on this site.

Fun stuff about body proportions taken from the lesson plan "Is There a Formula for People?" at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

• A palm is the width of four fingers

• A foot is the width of four palms

• A man's height is 24 palms

• The length of a man's outspread arms is equal to his height

• The distance from the hairline to the bottom of the chin is 1/10 of a man's height

• The distance from the top of the head to the bottom of the chin is 1/8 of a man's height

• The distance from the elbow to the tip of the hand is 1/5 of a man's height

• The distance from the elbow to the armpit is 1/8 of a man's height

• The length of the hand is 1/10 of a man's height