Recently, the People's Daily reported that "Wu Weishan, director of the National Art Museum of China, talked about "do you want to give your children an art class?" " topic. It is very worth learning from parents.
In the interview, the curator mainly talked about the following issues:
What is the significance of children's paintings? What are the problems with the art class now? How to help children's art development in daily life?
1. What is the meaning of painting?
The director of the National Art Museum of China said:
"The significance of children's painting is not only to improve the aesthetic level of children, but more importantly, to stimulate the vitality of children's creation."
This creative vitality is innate to children. Parents should not be willing to seek the near and far. ”
Akimi Torii, a Japanese education expert with 50 years of experience in preschool education, said something similar:
"Drawing is an important ability and means for children to understand the world and express themselves."
And she also advises, "Don't enroll your children in painting classes until you're 9 years old." ”
Before the age of 9, they do not need to paint according to the real thing, but just freely express their inner thoughts, and their paintings are pure and direct. That's exactly what art is after.
Picasso once said after visiting a children's exhibition:
"I can draw as well as Raphael at their age, but I've spent my life learning how to draw like these kids."
Children's minds are unrestrained, and painting is an important way for them to express themselves.
And all we adults have to do is not to interfere with them.
Second, parents must be cautious when choosing art classes for their children
"Now the whole society is paying attention to aesthetic education outside the normal classroom, which is very good, and the art class is not impossible to report, but the art class has a big problem."
"In teaching, the teacher uses the adult point of view, they imagine what a group of children's paintings should be like, such as the sun father-in-law, the sun rain, and then they draw a template, let the children draw according to this template, it looks very imaginative, but not the child's own imagination."
"The requirements of the painting class for the teacher are very high, the teacher should be good at digging and inspiring, let the child innovate on his own, but also guide according to the situation, this is a good teacher." If the teacher does not have this quality, our class may as well not do it. ”
For parents, to report to their children for painting classes, we must be cautious, bad classes are better than not reporting.
Like that kind of teacher has used the imagination space to almost the extent, and then let the child follow the painting class, do not give the child a report.
When a painting class comes down, the children take out the same works, such a painting class, do not give the children a report.
Third, in daily life, how parents can help their children's art development
"Parents are advised not to abandon any public cultural facility, art gallery, museum, concert hall in your city... Children should be allowed to see more and let them feel for themselves. ”
In other words, children have to accept a variety of things in order to accumulate original materials and inspiration for creation.
With an empty head, it is difficult to have any special creativity.
In addition to taking their children to various museums, parents can also expose their children to nature.
Observe trees, dirt, insects, rivers, animals...
Aristotle said: Every area of nature is wonderful.
In this process, it does not matter how many insect names the child remembers, the species of plant.
We just need to squat there with our children and observe the shape and color of the leaves, the posture of the small fish swimming, the spectacular waterfall pouring down...
When children feel more things, the more delicate and plump their hearts will be. It will be more imaginative and creative.
As the curator said:
"Art is not tutored by concepts, and beauty cannot be cultivated by memorizing nouns."
"So in his adolescence, let him play more on his own, so that beauty will truly become a weapon in his life, and it will also arm his life."
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