This workshop simply focused on the triangle shape. A fun way of creating designs from triangular shapes, watching the eye-hand coordination of working with patterns and colors, and listening to verbal instructions:
Put a triangle in the middle of the board,
put a smaller triangle on top of the triangle,
create circular patterns,
create another triangle, etc. . .
For a PWD student I designed several sets of exercises for her to follow in an hour:
I have to keep watch for those moments when she needs to take a break and do her own shape drawings. Art is not a rigid session and it must be relaxing and fun for students or they will resist it. Since I want to encourage people to use art as tool for creative expression, healing and discovery, I always challenge myself on finding ways for students to understand its value to them in a fun way.
At the CreativeKids studio there are several rubber stampers that we use at the end of the session for children to use. Watch how my PWD student used this stamper on paper:
On the left is the traditional linear approach and the one on the right is the random and more relaxing approach. Both of them are useful for my student and she is allowed to experiment and see which approach is better and more convenient for her.
