tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82858278558556929212024-03-05T08:58:50.727-08:00Art at the Center InternshipAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039001841137038565noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285827855855692921.post-58283015422731769622012-06-13T05:11:00.000-07:002012-06-14T05:19:43.984-07:00Taking Cues
Enjoying the feeling of paint on his hand, this artist decided to explore how paint feels on his face.
The sensory quality of the material was too much to resist!
Observing close by, this young artist decided to mimic
his actions and feel how the paint felt on her own skin.
The explorations of both children were welcome and accepted by
parents and caregiversAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039001841137038565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285827855855692921.post-10997178310788886642012-06-06T04:56:00.001-07:002012-06-12T10:37:05.993-07:00June's first paintings!
Artists excitement grew as they mixed paints, making new colors from the primary colors red, blue, and yellow (along with some white), and discovering endless color combinations.
After mixing, artists painted with their unique and personal color palette. Observing these artists at work, it is interesting to note the various styles of painting and stages of development of Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039001841137038565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285827855855692921.post-91465283036020168112012-06-06T04:25:00.002-07:002012-06-06T04:28:05.677-07:00Creating more than art
The first day of our two week June class kicked off this Monday!
Artists began with mandalas to introduce themselves, telling
everyone their name and what kind of art they enjoyed creating.
I noticed much of the remainder of the time was spent getting a
feel for the studio as well as getting to know each other.
This young artist enjoyed building a complex Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039001841137038565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285827855855692921.post-87485411832483578862012-05-24T09:29:00.002-07:002012-06-12T10:40:24.676-07:00
Art making is a language children use to communicate and express themselves. This young artist is keen on exploring the many different art media in the studio. She listens as well as verbally comments on her work and the materials available to her... in three different languages!
In between exploring the materials, she also often engages others and myself in conversation Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039001841137038565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285827855855692921.post-9993056964206556322012-05-24T08:57:00.001-07:002012-05-24T08:57:33.931-07:00
With mono prints artists can explore painting a
different surface other than paper, in this case glass,
and printing their image onto paper.
This young artist took notice of how this method
enabled her to create multiple prints on one paper
from the same image. After lifting her paper
she exclaimed, "Look! Now there are
two girls together!"
She Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039001841137038565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285827855855692921.post-81294804225337120322012-05-08T07:04:00.003-07:002012-05-08T07:04:44.476-07:00Searching for just the right color
Sifting through the treasures in our collage bins, this young artist was interested in finding everything and anything pink!
As she moved around the table, she collected bits of paper, fabric,
tissue, mylar, and buttons that met her color requirements.
Often the other artists offered her pieces that they found, and
while still focusing on their own work, it became a Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039001841137038565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285827855855692921.post-6312681652732510542012-05-08T06:44:00.000-07:002012-05-08T06:44:20.737-07:00Chance Discovery
Every moment in the studio is an opportunity for discovery, only sometimes
that discovery is not the one we anticipated!
This young artist was busy creating her second collage when suddenly,
as her newly loaded brush went from glue towards paper, she stopped.
After a few seconds of moving her brush back and forth, she commented,
"Look at that! It's pink and green!"
It Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039001841137038565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285827855855692921.post-80618206703813727872012-05-03T09:06:00.003-07:002012-05-03T09:39:03.274-07:00
Some artists are naturally very focused on
the sensory aspect of art making. This young artist
often becomes a bit mesmerized with more fluid
materials such as wet clay and paint.
This week, after enjoying the sensation of smooth red clay on her hands as she built an elephant pinch pot, she moved on to paint exclaiming, "This is going to be a finger Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039001841137038565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285827855855692921.post-23353341999901653622012-05-03T08:21:00.003-07:002012-05-03T08:30:25.240-07:00Comments 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 Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039001841137038565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285827855855692921.post-14926286143433504102012-04-28T06:54:00.000-07:002012-04-28T06:54:30.464-07:00Blossoming Craftsmen
Exploring materials creatively involves learning
the different qualities and characteristics of each material.
Children develop a sense of craft
by observing
materials and how the materials respond to different
actions applied
using their hands as well as tools.
Children discover that clay, for instance, can be manipulated by tearing, squishing, Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039001841137038565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285827855855692921.post-82439084934576959152012-04-28T06:14:00.000-07:002012-04-28T06:14:13.321-07:00Helping Hands
Engaging in art making
promotes in children the ability to
focus and concentrate on the task at hand.
With the parent/caretaker's support, young artists explore freely, leading the way to discovering new possibilities with the different materials.
A helping hand offers suggestions for restoring
the tops of trees on this proud Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039001841137038565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285827855855692921.post-20632316617768123402012-04-18T21:31:00.000-07:002012-04-18T21:31:02.257-07:00Are you drawn to drawing?
For our first exploration in the studio, our explorers were
offered warm colored pastels as well as warm colored paints to observe.
Already in their explorations, a preference for materials is starting to emerge.
While all young artists experimented with all materials,
some were drawn to a specific medium.
For the fashionable artist in polka-dots, painting on the wall with unusual Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039001841137038565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285827855855692921.post-52051333178827342942012-04-18T21:09:00.000-07:002012-04-18T21:09:27.635-07:00Friday Afternoon Studio!In our first Afternoon Studio class this past Friday, children dabbled in some of the art materials we'll be working with in the studio for the next six weeks.
Already, they're work with clay has built excitement
for further exploration and creative energy.
Documented below, a young artist demonstrates utmost
concentration and focus as he persists in his endeavor to use
 Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039001841137038565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285827855855692921.post-81293490580233533772012-04-11T12:42:00.003-07:002012-04-30T08:45:05.059-07:00Everyone Can Benefit from the Therapeutic Values Inherent in Art For a group presentation in my Child Art Therapy course at GWU's Graduate Art Therapy program, a classmate, Stewart Morgan, and I discussed a chapter in Judith Rubin's Child Art Therapy titled, "Helping the Normal Child Through Art." In the chapter, Rubin, who has contributed to the art therapy field for over 40 years, highlights art making as a "primary form of Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039001841137038565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285827855855692921.post-14091116476805776562012-04-08T19:09:00.002-07:002012-04-09T09:05:13.138-07:00Draw on!
The studio was covered in paper last week for Art at the Center's week long"Draw On!" event.
Artists explored things that drew by themselves, such as a friendly drawing robot (register for Kathryn's summer workshop!) and spinning tops with markers for the tips. Even the light table was converted to a drawing surface by placing paper over it.
Taping paper underneath table tops Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039001841137038565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285827855855692921.post-34317796143740552772012-03-26T11:48:00.004-07:002012-03-26T12:16:01.014-07:00An Independent CollaborationAs the winter session comes to a close, the girls in this group wished to create a group art piece in which they incorporate the beautiful mosaic Art at the Center sign.They decided that they would divide the postcard of the sign equally among the artists and use creative license to replicatethe small sections onto a larger canvas.Each artist interpreted their section in their own unique way,Kathryn Conewayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03373790014438960410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285827855855692921.post-58713309562717747742012-03-26T11:30:00.003-07:002012-03-26T11:47:34.664-07:00Adventures in Shadow DrawingRemember the overhead projector? You know, thatheavy box of light used for presentations before PowerPoint?While these kids may have never seen it used in the classroom setting as we did,they have certainly found a use for it in the studio!Some brought in little lego men, small action figures, and arranged them with other objects found in the studio.They then trace their now much larger shadows Kathryn Conewayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03373790014438960410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285827855855692921.post-77000752401624124532012-03-26T10:29:00.008-07:002012-03-26T11:25:50.918-07:00Art Welcomes All IdeasWhile children explore different materials in the studio,it is important to remember that there is no right or wrong wayto use a certain media.The explorer pictured above has discovered that by rubbingballs of clay on the canvas covered clay table she cancreate different shapes and designs.Seen below, this young artist enjoys arranging her stampson the paper with little attention paid to Kathryn Conewayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03373790014438960410noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285827855855692921.post-15410079097182431342012-03-15T10:12:00.001-07:002012-03-15T10:12:50.434-07:00Which Texture Do You Prefer?
How is painting different when the surface changes? We thought we would let our art explorers discover some answers by providing some recycled apple packaging from a local grocery store as a canvas.
Many began with a brush, but could not resist the feeling of the new, rough and bumpy surface. This young artist discovered she could also create a drumming sound when applying the colors Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039001841137038565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285827855855692921.post-80544531606261323582012-03-14T06:04:00.000-07:002012-03-14T06:04:45.268-07:00Artmaking Facilitates Expression A lot of my posts focus on how art making facilitates developmental and communication skills in children. It is equally important to recognize that art making facilitates meaningful expression of emotion and life experiences. This young artist built a train out of the crystal climbers at the light table. She has verbalized interest in the train before, and her mother explained that her Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039001841137038565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285827855855692921.post-2221439216434252882012-03-08T09:13:00.000-08:002012-03-08T09:13:39.417-08:00Big Circle Paintings
Working together to create a collaborative art piece presents a different set of challenges than when working individually.Young artist must first consider how to approach the painting. Is there a plan? Or should we just dive in?
Creating a collaborative piece requires the ability and willingness to accept and compromise with others decisions.
The results can be an eclecticAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039001841137038565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285827855855692921.post-82370977226381290962012-03-05T05:48:00.001-08:002012-03-05T05:54:06.878-08:00Block PlayBuilding with blocks offers children the experience of interacting collaboratively in the studio. These boys had elaborate stories to go along with their buildings. A few of them decided to draw their constructions as well, which is an effective way for children to reflect on their work and the process of building and communicating within the group setting.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039001841137038565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285827855855692921.post-10087480475012095622012-02-29T13:00:00.001-08:002012-02-29T13:00:51.273-08:00Expressing Excitement for Complex Clay Circuits
No matter the medium, creating art in a studio setting facilitates children's need to express and share their work with others.
This young artist discusses her artistic process with her mother as she paints and collages beside her.
Another artist duo busily create a complex "electrical circuit" out of clay. The endeavor began when the boy noticed that the holes he createdAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039001841137038565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285827855855692921.post-69258481279579036502012-02-23T09:02:00.000-08:002012-02-23T09:02:20.456-08:00Happy Accidents Serve a Purpose
It is easy to get stuck after starting a painting. Sometimes artist get caught up in the details: deciding which colors to use where or trying to define the shapes perfectly before moving on. Other times artists develop some apprehension about the end product. What ever the reason, all artists benefit from a little nudge now and then.
This young artist's nudge seemed Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039001841137038565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285827855855692921.post-2110872325825993552012-02-23T08:35:00.000-08:002012-02-23T08:35:15.727-08:00Change it up!
It's always fun to explore pastel and collage, but why not mix it up and use a different background? Such a seemingly small change from white rectangular shaped paper to black squares can be like night and day.
These explorers started with shiny, metallic pastels, which show up nicely against the dark paper. They could also collage with Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039001841137038565noreply@blogger.com0