The Garden of Zen

Your Grandchildren And Art And How The Two Can Meet

You may be wondering why your grandkids aren’t more interested in art. While not everyone is predisposed to be a creative soul, there are some things that you can do to help your grandkids get into coloring, painting and drawing. Instead of simply focusing on technique, composition or other such ‘oh so serious’ topics, make sure that your grandchildren are first and foremost having fun with any artwork they are making.

This is especially important when kids are just beginning to learn to color and draw. They are much more interested in their films and tv programs than they are in learning art, so use that to your advantage and find interesting themes on television. So for example, what type of cartoons or programs do your grandchildren regularly watch and how can you incorporate those characters, environments, colors and ideas into a fun art activity?

Remember that for whatever theme you choose the art ‘lesson’ must be easy to complete in order to let children build self-confidence in their abilities. Building self-confidence is important because this will help carry your little ones past the initial learning curve required when learning the fine motor skills that coloring in and painting require. In the beginning the goal should not be to produce proficient little artists, but rather to build enough confidence in your grandchild that they are interested in having an art ‘lesson’ again. If you don’t ‘grab’ them and get them interested when they are just starting out, your grandchildren risk developing the ‘I can’t draw,’ and the ‘I can’t paint/color’ syndrome and then you have surely ‘lost’ them – well, at least in the short term.

So, think about which television, movie or cartoon characters your grandchildren enjoy and search for a few online art resources that would grab their attention. For instance, at sites like Spongebob Coloring Pages you’ll find the best Barbie coloring pages free and at Fairy Coloring Pages you’ll find many printables that would appeal to little girls.

Coloring in an existing drawing is not as daunting to  young children as a blank sheet of white paper is. Younger children may even be lost for ideas on what to draw when faced with a white sheet of paper. Coloring pages may not encourage wild creativity and immagination as much as a blank canvas would do – however they do provide a great springboard for younger children to practice their fine motor skills and an opportunity to slowly build up the confidence in their dexterity and artistic abilities to progress onto the big wide world of art!

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