Cant believe term 1 of my Cheeky Tuesdays After School Art Club is already half way through!
We have been having so much fun creating multi media artworks in two and three dimensions each week!
I am very passionate about inspiring and nurturing children's own natural creativity. The happily engaged 6 year olds pictured above were given a simple set of instructions in the form of a game to get them started and by the time I paused to take this photo they were completely engaged in working together to produce their giant galaxy frieze.
Each week we focus on a particular skill, technique, medium or often all three. I like to provide Inspiration through fun games and activities that produce their own ideas, fire up their fertile imaginations and produce their own unique artistic outcomes. I usually teach the kids how to manipulate a particular material or combination of materials such as plaster of paris, wire & paint (seen below) then let their own creativity take over (thats happening this week - I'll post the exciting results!)
I have no preconceived ideas about what the end result might look like - yes! it can be scary but its also incredibly humbling and inspiring to me as an artist to witness the amazing discoveries and unique self expression that the children reach when they are given creative freedom (within loose guidelines and a framework). I don't know about these Cheeky Tuesday kids but I'm learning heaps!
and I do have it on good authority that they cant wait to get here each week!