Ok...well our little art class just grew even smaller and turned into a private class for Shelly! Liron decided she didnt want to come anymore...(still smiling and ready for more hurdles) ...i am continuing with Shelly alone. It is different and the dynamics are very different...
We began the subject of 'shape' today by looking at these two pictures...
Matisse's 'The snail'
Mondrian's 'Tableau ll'
Both the pictures demonstrate shape in a great way and yet both are so different. I asked Shelly which picture she liked more and surprisingly she chose Mondrians. I thought she would go for the more colourful picture. I think this emphasises her attention to detail and preference for order. We discussed the pictures at length. Only in the end did i tell Shelly that Matisses picture is called 'The snail'...and we talked about how if you look carefully it does follow the lines of a snail. She seemed to find it harder to talk openly without a friend there to make it into a 'game'.
I gave Shelly some pipe cleaners (lines) and showed her how we can bend them how we like and create shapes with them. I asked her to make a triangle, a square and a circle.
I wanted to introduce the idea of form...to allow her to play around with the pipe-cleaners and enjoy 'drawing' with them in the air. She did enjoy this exercise but although she knows the shapes she found it quite hard to form a triangle and square with the wire.
Then i told Shelly we were going to play a game...i blindfolded her and found all sorts of objects around the house of different shapes. I wanted her to feel the objects and tell me what they were and about their shapes.
She enjoyed this a lot and again, i think this exercise emphasised the idea of form and shape. This lesson was quite different...no drawing or sticking...but i think Shelly enjoyed the game-like activities and it made her think about shapes more.
and I love shapes!!
sorry
you lost
a student...
your lessons
sound
so interesting
and fun...
can i join in
a be
your
new student!
see you, grache