Art+Lessons-+Drawing+and+Calligraphy

Students can be reminded of the importance of the arts in Holy Child Schools by looking at certain sections of the Book of Studies as they begin to work on projects. The opening paragraph (included below) illustrates Cornelia’s view of art (drawing). 1. //Drawing as a Christian Art –// In our schools we are not to consider Drawing as an extra or superlative. Art left to the choice of any one to follow, or leave out, but on the contrary, as a //Christian Art// and one of the most important branches of education, second only to the art of speaking and writing, and in some respects even beyond the languages, as it is in itself a universal Language, addressing itself to the ignorant as well as the most refined. It is to be noted that drawing educated the eye in all perceptible beauty and order, and that it leads to the cultivation of a habit of observation, the only habit by which knowledge generally can be obtained. Nor is it to be considered as an accomplishment, but as an Art, which has its philosophy as well as its poetry. (Book of Studies, page 53)
 * Book of the Order of Studies in the Schools of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus (1863) **
 * Art Classes ** can make connections with Cornelia Connelly and her philosophy of education in Holy Child School.

A few lesson ideas…. Miss Annie Barry-Second Course of Drawing -Persepctive - St Leonards by Sea, 1861at Convent of the Holy Child Jesus, St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex, 1861 [|Perspective_Miss_Annie_Barry_-Second_Course_of_Drawing_-Persepctive_-_St_Leonards_by_Sea,_1861.JPG] [|Perspective_Excercise_5.JPG] [|Perspective_Excercise_11_-_piano.JPG][|Perspective_Excercise_22_-_Window_in_English_decorated_style.JPG] [|Perspective_Excercise_13.JPG] Perspective Exercise 15 - Window in English Style Decoration [|1_Mayfield_Jubilee_Book_1896.JPG] [|2_Mayfield_Jubilee_Book_1896.JPG] [|3_Mayfield_Jubilee_Book_3.JPG]
 * DRAWING ** (pages 53-67) –This section of the Book of Studies discusses all aspects of art in the curriculum.
 * PERSPECTIVE **(Book of Studies pages 55-56) Before beginning a unit on perspective, read what the Book of Studies says about it. Look at a few examples of perspective drawings from
 * ILLUMINATING IN THE OLD MISSAL STYLE **<span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 16px;">(Book of Studies, pages 57-8) Read this section before students begin a calligraphy assignment and/or illumination project. Look at some examples from Mayfield Jubilee Book 1896

<span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 16px;">and early art work created for Cornelia by Holy Child students at Layton Hill:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|Illumination 1]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|Illumination 2]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Garamond','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|Illumination 3]