Comments for young artists and their artistic process

Encouraging comments that focus on a
child's process in art making can create an atmosphere of exploration.

This young artist began by painting a duck in a hat with the colors that he mixed. Just as he finished the duck, he stated he was finished
and wanted to move on to
something else.

I asked him, "Before you move on, can you tell me about your painting?"

"It's a duck in a silly hat." He replied.

I then responded, "Where is he? What is he doing? 

What is going on around him?"

After thinking for a minute, the artist painted a blue ground line. 

He again became totally immersed in the process, adding aliens
and a moon and describing the duck as "karate chopping the aliens."

For other helpful things to say during young artists' process,
click here to visit Anna's blog about process comments!
In this case, the comments and questions about the artist's painting
encouraged him to engage in his process and develop focus.
He also experienced great pleasure as he proudly shared his story with the
other artists in the studio!