Now then Bloggers - how the devil are you?
Thought I'd have a brief resume of the first week back after the school holidays, and like plenty of places, that's the time when our kid's and adults art groups close down for the summer too, as well as the Life Drawing Group I'm a member of nearby. I guess in the long term it does do us all good to have a break: or does it?
Millions of adults around the world will be saying the same thing - "It doesn't seem like 2 minutes since they broke up!" And, I guess to a certain extent it's true, though I feel that 'since I was a lad', the youngsters I know around here are now admitting to being bored and actually WANT to get back to school. Sign of the times eh? We always had loads of things to do to occupy our time, but even with all these modern gadgets, games and technology - they can't wait to get back.
Our art group and it's re-opening had not been properly promoted by the proprietor, so on Tuesday we only had ONE child turn up, and on Thursday we only had TWO children (both sisters). What I found interesting was that Tuesday's child had been carrying on practicing and using her sketch book during the summer, and the eldest of the two who came on Thursday had been doing the same thing (to a lesser extent as they had been away several times during the break). That's a great testament to both of them, and they both have even at this early stage of their lives and school careers (they are both not in senior school yet) - want to carry on with artistic based careers. Obviously neither of these two were bored!
I teach art to children, or should I say I help them and encourage them with their art as technically I am not a qualified teacher. But whatever the technicalities of it, I find it very satisfying to have children like these who actually sit and listen to what you say, watch what you do, intelligently question why you do things, then go and try their best at interpreting what they have just encountered. One wants to be a furnishings and interiors designer, the other is setting her sights on getting into private school for her art, finally becoming an artist in her own rights.
Both have a range of "cheaper" materials at home with which they already work, but both are seriously interested (and their Mum's know too) about buying their own "artists range" of products they can learn to confidently use with us and at home. They seriously experiment with styles and techniques based on what they have learnt, and even at their early ages are both slowly building their own portfolio's. What a comparison to those who were bored and couldn't wait to get back to school eh?
As always - whatever your art - please enjoy it!
Paul
Thought I'd have a brief resume of the first week back after the school holidays, and like plenty of places, that's the time when our kid's and adults art groups close down for the summer too, as well as the Life Drawing Group I'm a member of nearby. I guess in the long term it does do us all good to have a break: or does it?
Millions of adults around the world will be saying the same thing - "It doesn't seem like 2 minutes since they broke up!" And, I guess to a certain extent it's true, though I feel that 'since I was a lad', the youngsters I know around here are now admitting to being bored and actually WANT to get back to school. Sign of the times eh? We always had loads of things to do to occupy our time, but even with all these modern gadgets, games and technology - they can't wait to get back.
Our art group and it's re-opening had not been properly promoted by the proprietor, so on Tuesday we only had ONE child turn up, and on Thursday we only had TWO children (both sisters). What I found interesting was that Tuesday's child had been carrying on practicing and using her sketch book during the summer, and the eldest of the two who came on Thursday had been doing the same thing (to a lesser extent as they had been away several times during the break). That's a great testament to both of them, and they both have even at this early stage of their lives and school careers (they are both not in senior school yet) - want to carry on with artistic based careers. Obviously neither of these two were bored!
I teach art to children, or should I say I help them and encourage them with their art as technically I am not a qualified teacher. But whatever the technicalities of it, I find it very satisfying to have children like these who actually sit and listen to what you say, watch what you do, intelligently question why you do things, then go and try their best at interpreting what they have just encountered. One wants to be a furnishings and interiors designer, the other is setting her sights on getting into private school for her art, finally becoming an artist in her own rights.
Both have a range of "cheaper" materials at home with which they already work, but both are seriously interested (and their Mum's know too) about buying their own "artists range" of products they can learn to confidently use with us and at home. They seriously experiment with styles and techniques based on what they have learnt, and even at their early ages are both slowly building their own portfolio's. What a comparison to those who were bored and couldn't wait to get back to school eh?
As always - whatever your art - please enjoy it!
Paul
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