Special Workshop of Art: Team work

Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Creative Art is so important!

Creative Art is composed by an amount of different areas and bonded with each other.

Creative moments deserve to have priority in a child's day. Those moments are highly valuable for the growth and development of the child’s human part.

In this workshop we were challenged.

On the floor it was laying down a long piece of paper. For the painting we used a variety of colors and brushes with different thicknesses.

The whole group shared the long paper. Each member had to find its own space and, in harmony with the other’s work, draw it and paint it creatively.

When we free ourselves from the rational part of us, where fears and insecurities are hidden, the imagination flows.

During the activity I was reminding my trip to  Gränna. Along the way I found longs and icy lakes in a pale blue tone that matched with the sky’s colors. I saw hills and mountains covered of white snow. Those pictures I will never forget.

The brush drew the memory and created other shapes and forms along the way 

All this work led me think.

This kind of artwork can be done inside or outside of the activities room.

Because of it brownish tone, this type of paper allows the child to use lighter shades in the forms and stains.

Draw with colorful chalk directly on the floor may also be an option for the outdoors’s painting.

To guide the group during the activity the educator can give a theme or just let it be done as a free painting.

Before taking up the challenge, the pedagogue can show some inspiring artworks to encourage the group enter in a state of creation. Painters such as Wassily Kandinsky or as Jackson Pollock can be a source of inspiration thanks to the freedom of movements and the harmony of shapes that characterize them. Their art creations communicate different moods, pushing art to the higher communicative point.

Listening some music during the activity will help the creative process. Our body reacts in a very spontaneous and genuine way to music. In the harmony of sounds and rhythms the child will find contours, directions, colors and shapes. Music becomes a visual experience.

Along the art process the child can circulate through the group and create freely over the paper, respecting the creations of the others. The works of each member become the work of the entire group. When that happens in a carefully and balance manner all the group is capable to feel proud about the teamwork accomplished.