Painting Music

Kandinsky believed that simple pictures were like little melodies and complex paintings were like grand symphonies. (from Discovering Great Artists)

First we listened with our eyes closed to a piece by Mozart (our composer for the week), Andante con moto from Symphony No. 39 in E-flat major. We thought about a picture the music made in our minds.

Then we painted.

By Carrie

By Carrie

By Thomas

By Abby

By Abby

So far this week: we've worked on finishing A Child's History of the World by Hillyer (normally, read aloud is not a part of Arts Week, but we're nearing the end of school and I really want to finish this book), we've painted twice, we've read about Mozart and listened to parts of our CD, we've read Mrs. Katz and Tush and All-of-a-Kind Family. Today we looked at the art in The Very Last First Time because it's an example of pointillist art and at the pictures in The Snowy Day because they contain different patterns and textures, like in Mrs. Katz and Tush. The 3 younger children are gone to fiddle lesson right now, but later this afternoon, I hope to finish our Shakespeare project.