PREP NOTES FOR LESSON 9 Some children will be confident when imagining a new creature and others may want more guidance. For the latter group, it is helpful to have a variety of pictures of creatures on hand. You might play a game, where children take turns picking a part of a particular animal, such as an elephant’s tail, a horse’s neck, or an eagle’s claws. You direct and combine these parts into a whole animal that you draw out for them. In this way they see a demonstration of imagination at work to create something new and have fun along the way. Leonardo Da Vinci Lesson 9 Leonardo da Vinci duh VIHN chee, (1452 – 1519)
Leonardo da Vinci was curious from birth and stayed that way his whole life. His curiosity drove him to look at the world and how things work. Have you ever looked at something in nature and discovered something about it that you didn’t know? What was it? Like Leonardo, you have a curious mind. You may be just as famous one day.
Piero da Vinci handed Leonardo’s drawings to the great Florentine master, Andrea Verrocchio, in order to get an opinion on his son’s talent. “Leonardo is always off on his own pursuits, but I think you’ll find he is highly interested in learning the art of painting. He is always looking, always thinking, always aware of the possibilities,” his father spoke proudly. “Verrocchio was amazed when he saw Leonardo’s extraordinary beginnings, and he urged Ser Piero to make Leonardo study art. Piero arranged for Leonardo to go to Andrea del Verrocchio’s workshop, something Leonardo did very willingly” (Vasari 285). At Verrocchio’s shop, Leonardo carefully studied his craft by drawing from life. One day his father brought him a roughly carved shield and asked him to paint a picture on it. Leonardo gave the shield to a turner who made it smoother
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