Painting

Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875 - 1911) was a Lithuanian painter and composer. He was born in Senoji Varėna, Lithuania. He was the oldest of nine children of his father, Konstantinas, and his mother, Adelė. Like many educated Lithuanians of the time, Čiurlionis's family spoke Polish, and he began learning Lithuanian only after meeting his fiancée in 1907. During his short life he composed about 400 pieces of music and created about 300 paintings. The majority of his paintings are housed in the M. K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum in Kaunas, Lithuania. His works have had a profound influence on modern Lithuanian culture. The one of my favourite paintings is this one. 

M. K. Čiurlionis. The Creation of the World. 1905 - 1906. 

This is his music. It is called In the Forest

I liked a lot the lesson. The nicest thing was that we could choose art from our country and present it for others. I would use this painting and this piece of music in art class. Children could take this painting as an example for their picture. I would let them to listen to this music and during that time they would draw flowers. I would give them some dried flowers and children would draw the borders of them. Then they can play with colours in their painting. I think children would know better Čiurlionis after an activity like that. 

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Goat-willow

 

That is a very nice plant and we had an activity with it. At the beginning we watched a short video how we can use this technique with children. For some of them is hard to draw. So, we use alternative to help them. First we place goat-willow on white paper, then we take coal and do borders around the plant. We had two colours of paint - pink and green. We used them for decorating drawing. I enjoyed this lesson and learned how to help children to be creative in art. I finished my drawing at home. I had fun. You can see the result. :)

I used more colours at home. :)