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?

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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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