Fine Arts Workshop | Fall

Learning to perceive beauty in the world around us is a step toward understanding the world God has given us. This workshop will introduce the five historical Fine Art forms which include Music, Art, Poetry, Sculpture, and Architecture. For eight weeks, students will take a deeper look into the world of beautiful things. As God the Creator has established, created, and directed beauty to be a bridge to Himself, we will peer into that beauty. Students will explore, consider, make way for change, and grow in their ability to share ideas. In the present culture, there is one overbearing genre of music that pervades every experience.

This course invites students to not only become aware of other genres but to embrace them as significant forms of beauty. The swift glimpse of art will furnish each student with ten significant paintings they can identify and know along with history of the artist's lives. The peek into poetry will provide an opportunity for not only learning to enjoy reading, but memorizing and reciting a relevant and useful piece of work. As we delve into sculpture and architecture, student's will become familiar with some of the world's greatest pieces as well as be given the opportunity to create some of their own.

"Fine Art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of a man go together." John Ruskin

Students will have the opportunity to sit back, think about, enjoy, collect their thoughts, and learn to combine words with their sentiments.

**“A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.” **― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Required Materials:
Books and supplies are not included in the purchase of the course.

Music Listening Source such as Spotify
Air Dry Clay: (such as Ifergoo Air Dry White Clay, $6.99 on Amazon
or something similar)
Paintbrush: 2 different sizes (one for detail and one for painting bigger surfaces)
Spray Gloss Finish (such as Aleene’s $6.07 on Amazon)
Graham Crackers (Great Value Brand because they don’t break easily)
White chocolate chips
_Poetry for Kids: Robert Frost _(not just for kids!)
- ISBN: 1633222209

Lisa Jacobson has been in education since 1983 when she graduated from the University of Minnesota with a BS in Music Therapy. Raising and homeschooling her own five children in the Classic tradition has been her greatest achievement. She believes that beauty in all its forms should surround all education. God the Creator is the source of all beauty. She is an accomplished musician who enjoys folk music and jazz. She has played a variety of instruments including piano, clarinet, saxophone, flute, ukulele, guitar as well and enjoys singing. When she has time to herself, she can often be found tending to her porch garden, playing her guitar, spending time with children, cooking, reading, or exercising. She and her husband live in the hill country of Texas. [email protected]

Computer: You will need a stable, reliable computer, running with a processor with a speed of 1 GHz or better on one of the following operating systems: Mac OS X with Mac OS 10.7 or later; Windows 8, 7, Vista (with SP1 or later), or XP (with SP3 or later). We do not recommend using an iPad or other tablet for joining classes. An inexpensive laptop or netbook would be much better solutions, as they enable you to plug an Ethernet cable directly into your computer. Please note that Chromebooks are allowed but not preferred, as they do not support certain features of the Zoom video conference software such as breakout sessions and annotation, which may be used by our teachers for class activities.

High-Speed Internet Connection: You will also need access to high-speed Internet, preferably accessible via Ethernet cable right into your computer. Using Wi-Fi may work, but will not guarantee you the optimal use of your bandwidth. The faster your Internet, the better. We recommend using a connection with a download/upload speed of 5/1 Mbps or better. You can test your Internet connection here.

Webcam: You may use an external webcam or one that is built in to the computer. Webcam Recommendations: Good (PC only) | Best (Mac and PC)

Headset: We recommend using a headset rather than a built-in microphone and speakers. Using a headset reduces the level of background noise heard by the entire class. Headset Recommendations: USB | 3.5mm

Zoom: We use a web conferencing software called Zoom for our classes, which enables students and teachers to gather from around the globe face to face in real time. Zoom is free to download and easy to use. To download Zoom:

Visit zoom.us/download.
Click to download the first option listed, Zoom Client for Meetings.
Open and run the installer on your computer.
In August, students will be provided with instructions and a link for joining their particular class.

Scanner: In this class, students frequently submit homework assignments by scanning pages from their workbooks. Students and/or their parents should have easy access to a scanner and the ability to use it.

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