Today we want to do something fun to draw our response to music. I choose Elgar's Enigma variation as he wrote 14 of them based on different personality/situations.
I asked them if to draw a face of someone they think of, pay attention to the shape, colour of the face, hair, what they wear, what is around them, where they are etc.
We watched a small intro video and started drawings in this order:
0.Theme
1. Var 1 CAE (Elgar’s wife)
2. Var 2 HDS (Elgar’s pianist friend)
3. Var 9 Nimrod
4. Var 11 GRS (his friend’s dog)
5. Var 7 Troyte (his friend when caught in thunderstorm)
6. Var 14 Elgar himself
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So let's look at what the little monkeys thought of with this sophisticated music :)
Pic1, age 8
1. Var 1 (Elgar’s wife) - made up person
2. Var 2 (Elgar’s pianist friend) - happy puppy
3. Var 9 Nimrod - grandma (coz it sounds calm)
4. Var 11 (his friend’s dog) - happy husky!
5. Var 7 (thunderstorm) - mum (yes very accurate)
6. Var 14 Elgar himself - dad ( dad is happy now)
Pic2, age 4
1. Var 1 (Elgar’s wife) - castle
2. Var 2 (Elgar’s pianist friend) - a boy
3. Var 9 Nimrod - magical car in water/snow
4. Var 11 (his friend’s dog) - daddy penguin with orange cheeks in snow
5. Var 7 (thunderstorm) - a fairy with big skirt
6. Var 14 Elgar himself - a tree
Pic3, age 3
1. Var 1 (Elgar’s wife) - (image2 orange person)
2. Var 2 (Elgar’s pianist friend) - blue person on grass below blue sky
3. Var 9 Nimrod - happy round face man listening to music (hence big ears) on the moon (black oval shape right) there are clouds (black zigzags)
4. Var 11 (his friend’s dog) - didn't draw, lost interest
5. Var 7 (thunderstorm) - green alien
6. Var 14 Elgar himself - didn't draw, ran away
Pic 4, age 3
Top image, grandparents house with the doorbell (purple round shape)
Bottom image, daddy mummy, me and little brother
Pic 5, age 3
Top image - forgot what it is
Bottom image- our house, top floor daddy mummy, bottom floor me and baby brother
Pic 6, age 4
pretty sister
Pic 7, age 4
mummy!