Tuesday, 8 November 2011

Drawing for the elderly

Sometimes it is difficult to persuade people to become involved in art sessions. There are many reasons for this, including being unpracticed or having an eye problems.
Two ladies I worked with today didn't want to draw and paint for these reasons, so, I drew for them.
The first lady was really enjoying looking through a new landscape book which I had brought in. I began to tell her about the wonderful autumn colours in the woodland where I had walked my dogs the day before. I made her a quick watercolour sketch to illustrate how wonderful and magical the colours were. She began to share her own memories of walks in autumn as I painted her a quick colourful woodland landscape.



The second lady was a bit more of a challenge! I offered to draw something for her but she was not interested at all! I asked her what she liked to look at and what she enjoyed painting many years ago, she said she liked landscapes and faces...
So we began to draw a face on her instruction and this is how far we got today...


Next week we will begin to paint her, I am told she will have blonde hair!



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