Saving the artist in your child!
Last week, we got to attend the 'Parent - Adult - Interaction' at my son's school. My son Yash is almost 10 years old now. The experience was fantastic and we came home feeling satisfied with his growth and development, once again our confidence in our choice of school for him was reiterated. The art teacher showed us his paintings and told us something, that has got the educator in me, thinking. She said that his paintings were really good, with bold usage of colours, confident strokes (reminded me of Taare Zameen Par 😜 ). However, she added that he is not confident of himself as an artist, and felt that his initiation into art has been wrong. He thinks pencil and pen rather than colours (paints) and brush. She said that he was probably introduced to art as 'colour within the lines', 'fill the picture with colours' and other similar activities that did not do him any good. This is true at most schools and homes. In the name of art, we make