Today we read about Leonardo da Vinci's apprenticeship which included sculpting. The children worked with air drying clay.
We listened to the sound of a bustling (albeit medieval) city while we were sculpting to get an idea what it must have been like for Leonardo da Vinci working in Verrochio's busy studio in the heart of Florence, which opened its doors to the world outside.
In a similar coincidence to our monthly Discovery Box magazine arriving with a full feature on Leonardo da Vinci, our monthly Dowry magazine arrived today with an article on sculpting in Italy!
Monkey Girl made a beautiful statue of St. Francis.
I love them all! Ballet Girl's, Panda Girl's and The Boy's sculptures!
We also read about perspective drawing which was at the forefront of Renaissance art. The children learnt about horizons and vanishing points and had fun with their ideas!
While they were working on their drawings we listened to a radio programme on the great man himself.
This afternoon was for maths, Spanish & script handwriting and we finished the day with tap, modern and gym for the two eldest and gym for my two littlies :)
