V usually draws with markers. They are his favourite art material so lines and detail dominate in his drawings. There are almost no surfaces in his drawings; no expressive movements at all.
So from time to time I offer him some other art materilas such as tempera paint with large brushes to stimulate him to do some large-stroke-paintings with no detail at all (a large brush disables details and thin precise lines). He usually accepts this offer, but only for a short session. And that's fine. I never push! I offer, but don't expect him to always accept the offer if he doesn't feel like it.
V najviše voli da crta flomasterima. Oni su mu omiljeni likovni materijal. Stoga u njegovim crtežima dominiraju linije i detalji. U njegovim crtežima gotovo da nema površina niti širokih ekspresivnih pokreta.
Zbog toga mu povremeno nudim i druge materijale, poput tempera i široke četke da bih ga podstakla da ponekad slika i širokim potezima bez detalja (širokom četkom je veoma teško napraviti detalje i tanke, precizne linije). On obično prihvata ovakve ponude, ali samo na kratko. I to je u redu. Nikad ne vršim pritisak! Nudim, ali ne očekujem da uvek i prihvati ponudu ako ne želi.
When painting with tempera paint and a large brush, we usually do this on a large piece of paper, so that the strokes can be really big and large! And notice that there is no need for suggesting to paint Big: a large paper, a large brush, and the thick tempera paint - take you precisely in that direction!
Kada slikamo temperama i širokom četkom obično to radimo na velikom formatu papira tako da potezi četkom zaista mogu biti široki, da možemo da se razmašemo. Čak nema potrebe naglašavati detetu da slika Veliko: veliki format papira, široka četka i gusta boja (tempera) - jednostavno vode u tom pravcu!
So, 'What is this?' - I struggle not to ask this question. ('How' is more important than 'What', remember? And this question kinda emphesizes the 'What' and sends the message to the kid that 'What' matters most. Specially if that's the only question we ask, and usually it is!) I struggle because I am so so curious about What it actually is. Is it a sea? Is it a big wave? Are those small strokes - sprinkles of sea droplets around the big wave? Or are they little fish in the sea? I struggle because I would like to know about this beautiful inner life of his that poures out through these large curved blue lines and large and small blue strokes, and blue surfaces... I struggle to know What, in my grown up world, they are.
And struggle even more to know Why can't I just be fine with knowing that it is just: Big. And Blue!
Simple as that!
Dakle, Šta je to? - borim se sa sobom da ga ne pitam. (Kako je važnije od Šta, sećate se? A ovo pitanje nekako naglašava ono Šta i šalje detetu poruku da je to Šta najvažnije, naročito ako je to jedino pitanje koje postavljamo, a obično, nažalost, jeste!) I borim se sa sobom zato što sam vrlo radoznala da saznam Šta je to zapravo. Da li je to more? Da li je to veliki talas? Da li su ti kratki potezi - kapljice mora oko talasa? Ili su to ribice u moru? Borim se sa sobom jer bih volela da upoznam bolje taj njegov prelepi unutrašnji život koji se izliva kroz ove široke, dugačke, krivudave plave linije i dugačke i kratke plave poteze i plave površine... Borim se sa sobom da saznam Šta je sve to, u mom svetu odraslih?
I borim se još više da shvatim Zašto je toliko teško da se razume da je to jednostavno samo Veliko. I Plavo!
Tako jednostavno!
3 comments:
I'm an elementary art teacher, and I never ask "What is it?" as it often makes the child feel as if it's not good enough if not immediately identifiable by me, the adult. So instead, I say "Tell me about it" and you wouldn't beleive the stories they are so excited to share about their artwork!!!
Thank you Kristina, I know about that :)
But, sometimes I try to put myself in the shoes of parents who don't have an artistic background or background in art education, and show them that even we (art educators) have the same thoughts as they do, despite knowing what's right, and what's not!
I love the big paper and blue paint - so much open-ended fun! It is amazing how many stories children have to tell about their art when they are asked by a grown-up to tell them about their work.
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