Painting in Gouche by Helene
posted in Doodles, Notes for the Parents |
Isn’t it a wonderful painting by Helene?She was given a short demo on how to mix the greens based on yellows and blue (because she was not given any green to work from intentionally). Thereafter she was pretty much on her own.The short demo looked like this:
As you can see, it bares no resemblance on what she had to observe and express.It is important that we as art educators, refrain from doing demos that provide clues to our interpretation of what lays before these young explorers. The moment some form of ‘answer’ is provided to them, you will find it amazingly difficult to work them out of it later. I am a big advocate of art as a fundamental building block in educating an individual. It is paramount to recognize that I do not have preconceived expectation of each kid on what they draw.So long as they get engaged, play seriously, and learn from their adventures, they will eventually go somewhere worthwhile and interesting. I consider myself very lucky to be able to participate in their adventure. Here’s a picture of what Helene was working on. What Helene brought to us is way more than just a photographic image of the subject. Bravo!
