Expressing emotions through visual art

Our ELC classes continue to explore the different ways that people express themselves, and in particular, express feelings and emotions. The children have been supported to better recognise their own feelings and the possible corresponding body signals. How do you feel? What do you notice about how your body feels? With this in mind, the children are being encouraged to tune into how others are feeling too, by noticing different body language.

Children have recently been invited to use and experiment with acrylic paint to visually express their experiences, ideas and emotions. Naturally, each of our three classes has explored emotional expression through painting in varied ways...

Black Cockatoos - explored the work of Picasso, focussing on his Blue Period and how these artworks express a feeling. The children then had their own turn of creating an artwork using only tints and shades of blue paint.

Rock Wallabies - worked on a collaborative artwork, by choosing colours, space and even different styles of music to paint to. Some children were very serious, while others were playful.

Ground Parrots - gathered supplies and created individual artworks. While painting, the children were prompted with reflective questions... How do you feel? How do you want to feel? What colours, shapes and forms convey the feeling?

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