Doing Art with the Greeks

This is simply a random what-we-do-for-homeschooling post. Since we had snow this morning, I felt Julia needed a slightly more fun day. First she spent an hour studying biology, poor lamb.
Then I declared a day of painting, while watching a video on ancient Greece: "The Greeks:  Crucible of Civilization." (It's quite good. You should watch it. It's on Youtube.)

our set-up for a couple of hous

Here's what Julia painted.

And I painted this.

I'm a silly painter, but I paint with her because she likes it when I join her, and it seems to motivate her and spur her creativity when we do it together. Plus, it's fun.
I open my pinterest page, "Art and Illustrations," for us to find a little inspiration.
Julia's painting came from this web page -- go check out this fellow's work.
Mine came from an "Owl and Pussycat" painting found toward the bottom of this page. It's a blog collection of illustrations.
The Greek documentary (narrated by Liam Neeson!)  covered some of the material we'll be reading soon in Herodotus, and each time "Harry's" name was mentioned, Julia perked up and noted it. Not all children are this way, but she certainly listens better and learns better when she's painting or drawing. She'd hardly make it through two hours of ancient Greek documentary if we sat on the couch. She's get bored, grumpy, and begin messing with the dogs.
Now for a little Khan math, and we'll be done for the day, I think. Oh, and I forgot -- we read "The Owl and the Pussycat" by Mr. Lear, of course, but that hardly counts for literature.