In 1946, on the verge of his 65th birthday, Pablo Picasso visited an exhibition of drawings made by children. As he left, the journalists asked for his opinion.
The Malaga-born artist left them in awe with a phrase that has gone down in history: “At the age of these children, I painted like Rafael, but it has taken me a lifetime to learn to draw like them”.
Picasso’s father was a painter and was determined that his son should become an artist. We do not know if he ended up becoming one thanks to him or in spite of him.
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What to do with child artists
“In every child there is an artist,” said on another occasion the author of Les Demoiselles d’Avignon-. The problem is not to stop being one when you reach maturity”.
How can we know if our children have artistic talent? Is it necessary to encourage their abilities in some way? Is it better to let them evolve on their own?
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Some scientists claim that there are small details in children’s drawings that give away a possible talent in the making.
Details such as children drawing faces that do not always look straight ahead, arms behind their backs, hair on their hands, watches, ties, freckles, make-up…
Pedagogy in action
Many pedagogues advise parents to suggest to their children artists to draw objects of common use, useful, to be renewed with a certain frequency. For example: calendars, greeting cards, posters on the doors of the rooms…
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They also propose the personalization of books, notebooks, folders, cardboard boxes to store toys… The use of simple systems to display the children’s artwork, such as strings and tweezers… And the recycling of containers, caps, magazines…
We are committed to Art. Works of Art that inspire, that motivate, that set creative little engines in motion. Art is contagious, don’t forget it.
