I am very excited about our session today.
We showed the patients samples of Aboriginal Art
and talked about the different patterns they use.
We drew some shapes for them to get them started.
Right off the bat, Janet got into coloring in my sample.
She then did this all by herself.
(The bottom part is a caterpillar
and the top part is her hand)
We showed them samples like these
focussing on the use of circels and dots! .
Then drew some simple shapes for them to get started.
Winston quietly worked on this the whole hour.
(I drew the shapes and put in the red dots for her)
At one point, she picked up the marker and outlined those new shapes.
I love the very small circle in the right corner!
More incredible work:
This was very brave of Edna
and she was very pleased with it.
"Well. Red is my favorite color."
Barbara loved that Aboriginal Artists use
lots of circles and dots.
Look at all the colors she used.
After that, she did this on her own.
She laughed out loud when I told her it looked like goldfish!
Peg had no idea what she was doing or why,
but she loved every minute of painting this!
Gerty got the whole circle idea and did this
on her own, chuckling the whole time!
I gave her a new marker to continue
but she declined.
She liked it that way.
Mary Lou always frets at first.
Then ends up doing amazing things like this.
Eleanor colored in all the outside shapes I drew for her.
Except the one she colored in the inside.
Peggy stayed until the very end to finish this.
I am thrilled.
The patients now look forward to coming to this class,
and they are enjoying it on so many levels!
They feel less threatened by "doing art"
and are really starting to "let go".
Moving up to the area where they live
has made a huge difference.
It's more intimate and relaxing.
Within fifteen minutes today, we had twelve patients
happily painting away.
That's progress!
I believe strongly that having them look and think about
actual art
helps stimulate them.
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