Exploring with art is a learning process that is filled with fun! This young artist is discovering the different ways that he can apply paint to his paper. The contrast between the warm-colored paint and cool-colored paper brings even more energy to his creation.
Using a wheel taken from an old roller chair, he is making tracks and checking out his route for travel. The artist experiments with moving it fast and then slow, up and then down, all over, back and forth in a scribble scrabble pattern. Its such an invigorating ride!!! To look back and see where one has been can be just as exciting.
The artist now wants his mom to join in his adventure. Taking the journey through the world of art is that much more enjoyable when shared with another! He explains his actions and the revelations he is having, as he starts fresh with different colored materials. It is nice to relay ideas and get rewarding feedback from a peer, as the artist gains confidence through the process.
Deciding to keep the paint colors separate, the artist makes a choice based more on the visual outcome of the tracks made, than on the variation of hues. He is so focused on the cause and effect, that his whole arm just seems to move itself! It can be easy to get into the flow of a painting, as the body and brain are both used to engage in the here and now.
Further learning takes place as the artist moves off of the paper and finds that the ball makes different patterns on the table's harder surface. Paying attention to the kind of marks that his tool of choice is making allows the artist to determine which other kinds of tools he would like to use.
The artist finds that this smaller wheel rolls through the paint in a different way. Comparing the marks made by the different wheels helps the artist gather more information about his options in the studio.
As the artist and his mom zoom around on the paper together, the image of bulldozers and tractors working at a construction site comes to their minds. Reinventing this scene on the paper, the two communicate about how to move their "machines", just as real workers would discuss their plans when interacting on site. "Beep Beep!! Coming up behind you and getting ready to dig!!"
After trying brushes, wheels, roller balls and fingers, the artists have discovered various ways to make their marks. These pieces serve as a sort of road map, showing where the artists began and how they continued to progress. In the artistic journey, and throughout the voyage of life, taking advantage of opportunities allows one to gain experience, figure out what did and did not work, and to use that knowledge for continuing along to further destinations.
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