Hello. Young children have their own unique perspective on art-making. I have been working with children between the ages of three and six at a Montessori school for over a decade, visiting each classroom a handful of times during the course of the school year. They refer to me as their “artist in residence” even though my projects are unrelated to my own work. The children prefer creating images that depict something that is real as opposed to anything that is abstract, with rainbows and butterflies at the top of the list. Smiley faces are popular and I have seen many grins added to a painting of a fish. They like their work to be perfectly centered on the page, and enjoy stirring the jar of paint until the brush can not hold another drop. If you offer them six colors, they will sample all six, as the process is as important to them as the look of the completed work.
How cool to be an "artist in residence" of sorts to young children and see their drawings of smiling fish and use of all the colors. Nice combination of the print and a savory pancake, which would also be very kid friendly.
I love this window into kids’ art-making practice. I sometimes wish I could tap into that freeform creativity that seems to come so unself-consciously to the very young. Your classes sound like a lot of fun, Vicki! And Correadas with chili seems like a genius combo. I will have to give it a try!🌽
I love the way you write Vicki! Those kids are Lucky to have you as a teacher, a Very creative one! I’ve been enjoying all your emails like this one, Thank you for sending them to me. I hope this gets through to you, as substack seems to be a maze of rules to follow!!💓🙏🏻💕
How cool to be an "artist in residence" of sorts to young children and see their drawings of smiling fish and use of all the colors. Nice combination of the print and a savory pancake, which would also be very kid friendly.
I love this window into kids’ art-making practice. I sometimes wish I could tap into that freeform creativity that seems to come so unself-consciously to the very young. Your classes sound like a lot of fun, Vicki! And Correadas with chili seems like a genius combo. I will have to give it a try!🌽
I love the way you write Vicki! Those kids are Lucky to have you as a teacher, a Very creative one! I’ve been enjoying all your emails like this one, Thank you for sending them to me. I hope this gets through to you, as substack seems to be a maze of rules to follow!!💓🙏🏻💕
I’m going to give these a try!
I bet it’s fun getting to do art projects with that age group! The print is beautiful.