Monday, March 14, 2011
Group Painting (Not Therapy)
I wanted to have a fun icebreaker at the book club I facilitate. We were discussing Same Kind of Different As Me, which is about an art dealer and homeless man turned artist, so I thought painting a picture would be fun. I brought a canvas, acrylics, paintbrushes, and some starter cards. I named one group of starter cards "Art Inspirations" with things like, "Paint how you feel on a rainy day." I know, totally artsy. The other cards were called "Just tell me what to do!" They included concrete instructions like, "Paint three blue circles." No one even needed the cards! I emphasized process over product, and even the skeptical, non-artsy types added something. So, here's what 15 ladies aged 28 to 70 came up with:
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That's awesome. What are you going to do with it? (mom)
ReplyDeleteWell, I expected it to be fairly weird, so I was just going to paint over it when we were done. Now I don't know. I still kind of want to do my own painting, but I don't want to destroy this precious book club memory.
ReplyDeleteLove the header....especially since it looks like spring!
ReplyDeletethat's an adorable painting and I absolutely love it and what it stands for :) good work jen :)
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