A child can do that - children's art as inspiration
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A CHILD CAN DO THAT• Why are some artists interested in
children's drawings?• Some artists draw and paint like
small children, why?• What are they trying to achieve by
doing so?• What do the childrens' drawings
have that adults lack, what adults no longer have?
• Do you remember what it was like to draw when you drew these images you brought here?
• What has happened to us adults? Joan
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A CHILD CAN DO THAT
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• In what way the children's drawing are different from adults?
• Mention at least 3 things, e.g.
– (realism– details– overall execution)
CLOSE LOOKING AT ART
• Look at the images in following slides:
• How do they differ from children's drawings?
• What similarities can you observe? Describe.
• Pay close attention to the use of colour, line, placement of different object, characters in the pictorial space.
• What changes have artists made to the style?
– e.g.simplified, closed forms, flat color surfaces, thick outlines, etc...
Jean-Michel Basquiat: Boxer ( 1982)
A CHILD CAN DO THAT
Karel Appel> Hip Hip Hooray(1949)Karel Appel: The crying crocodile is trying to catch the sun (1956)
A CHILD CAN DO THAT
Paul Klee: A destroyed place (1920) Paul Klee: Contemplation (1938)
A CHILD CAN DO THAT
Jean Dubuffet: It flute on the Bump (1947) Jean Dubuffet: Subway (1943)
ASSIGNMENT : CHILDREN'S PARTY
• Find your own drawings, made when you were about 2-5 years old. Take photos of them or bring them to school
• Choose a few characters from them and develop them a little further in a way discussed earlier.
• Divide into groups of 3-5• Groups make a
collaborative painting, theme is children's party.
• Paint your work with Poster paints on cardboard or construction paper
Joan Miro: Harlequin’s carnival 1924-1925
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