06/18/2024
The child mixes colors, smears paint on paper, and enthusiastically experiments with brush strokes. Why is he doing this? Oh, just because he can. He is playing, he is just having fun!
He is the creator, he is the true ruler of this picture! There are no right and wrong on this sheet of paper, no good and bad, there are only freedom and joy to be, joy to change the boring white color according to kid's desires and capabilities. The joy of play, the joy of experimentation, the joy of creativity.
And YES, the kid wants to share emotions with his loved ones, because shared joy and interest are doubly joyful and interesting!
Oh course the child will be very enthusiastic if his picture is hung on the wall and admired, but he definitely does not draw for this.
He draws for the sake of the process of drawing, and not for the sake of the result.
If he is asked to draw a picture for something specific, for some result, the child is surprised at first, but he does it. But then his creative wings disappear along with the desire to draw.
The desire to draw must be born from within, and the task of parents and art teachers is to create conditions and provide opportunities for this