Tag: process art
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What is the process art in early years?
The room buzzed with excited giggles as I stood with a group of preschoolers, all eager to jump into our next art adventure: pendulum painting. This was process art at its best—messy, active, and full of energy. We had set up a simple pendulum, with a cup full of paint, hanging over a large canvas…
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Process art and it’s benefits
Process art is an approach to art-making that emphasizes the creative process rather than the end result. In early childhood education and care, process art can have many benefits for young children, including: Here are some examples of process art I have done with children. What are your favourite process art experiences and tools? Salad…
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Art experiences to include in your early childhood program
Last week I observed the room where children had some great art experiences or resources for art – making, e.g. paints, easels, crayons, colour pencils. The only problem was that they were not fully set up and apart from the blackboard and chalk there was nothing for them to make marks or explore art outside.…
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Art appreciation: Kandinsky
As part of an intentional teaching experience for art appreciation, I decided to set up another experience based on an artwork by Wassily Kandinsky FARBSTUDIE QUADRATE. The goal: Art appreciation is recognising the work of artists for what is meaningfully and beautifully communicates about us, the world and nature. One of my goals as part…