Day 2 of our wind study was full of neat Artist and picture study and more wind poetry!

Artist and Picture Study

We picked out five beautiful works of art that exhibited wind in them.

Surprised! Tiger in a Tropical Storm, Henri Rousseau

Starry Night, Vincent Van Gogh

Wheatfield with Cypresses, Vincent Van Gogh

Lady with a Parasol, Claude Monet

 La Prairie, Claude Monet

 We had a discussion about each of these artworks, and answered questions such as:

- what is the name of this painting?

- who was the artist?

- what do you see in this painting?

- what is the weather like in the painting?

- how do we know the wind is blowing; how did the artist show the wind in the painting?

- which painting is your favorite?  Why?

After choosing their favorite painting, I gave them the option of trying to recreate the painting with their own touches. Alex wasn't interested in that part, but Hannah chose to put her hand to recreating Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh.  I was so proud of her work!  She even used glitter glue to show the sparkly parts.

Hannah's Starry Night

I have it on our planner to have Hannah do some research on Vincent Van Gogh later in the week and write up a short report on him. I think I will have her use the website, Vincent Van Gogh Gallery.

Poetry

We also shared more poetry.

Who Has Seen the Wind?

by Christina Rossetti

Who has seen the wind?

Neither I nor you:

But when the leaves hang trembling,

The wind is passing through.

Who has seen the wind?

Neither you nor I:

But when the leaves bow down their heads,

The wind is passing by.

The Wind

by James Reeves

I can get through a doorway without any key,

And strip the leaves from the great oak tree.

I can drive storm clouds and shake tall towers,

Or steal through a garden and not wake the flowers.

Seas I can move and ships I can sink;

I can carry a house-top or the scent of a pink.

When I am angry I can rave and riot;

And when I am spent, I lie quiet as quiet.

Also Hannah wrote up some wind poetry of her own.  And with her permission, I'm sharing it below.

Wind o' Wind

Wind o' Wind blowing so hard,

fly my kite so very high.

Make the seeds fly to the sky,

to land them on the ground.

Your roar like a lion echoes through the woods,

the leaves swim round the round.

Wind o' Wind blowing so hard you blow the trees right down,

you whistle and howl with all your might.

Wind o' Wind stop this now,

your time has come to go to sleep.

Now hush o' Wind, leave this place,

drift away with dreams of this day.

We have completed Day 3 of our wind study which encompassed more about the science of wind and some more awesome Bible study!  I'll get that typed up in an entry as soon as possible.

"He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries"

- Psalm 135:7