child art
and visual language
marja de jong
www.saksala.org

and visual languages in art
-our visual reality can be seen in different ways
-visual reality can be expressed in many ways
-in every art work a vision on reality is present
-without art there is no view on reality
-children need the experience with different visions on reality
-art education means to open the world of visual expression
-a personal view can only be developed in confrontation to other views
-it needs a lot of experiences to express subtle

visions on reality
decorative view expressive view
abstract view impressive view

what you see is what you see?
or how brown and green is the tree?
another view on Christmas trees through another presentation of the subject

-working in the same painting is very difficult because of the different
ways of working
-a joint art work can be realized by creating an own part in the entirety
-through the colors of the paint it is possible to find the individual form

basic materials for art education
-gouache
-clay
-wax crayon
-graphite pencil
-Indian ink
-mono print
all other materials are possible,
but these basic materials are important
to find a real personal handwriting

material needed for painting are only primary colors and white
no mixed colors and no black, all nuances are possible
white paper - weight minimum 160 gr/m²
no water
mixing is possible on the palette
space and time to work concentrated
(working several times in the same work is better for the
development)

tools can be used in different ways
to develop an own handwriting in painting it is important to use the brush in
different ways
painting and drawing are no preparation for writing

a painting is build up in different
layers and it is possible to change
forms and ideas during the work

a (colored) pencil or crayon is something else as a brush
there is another use
it is still the color what makes the form
therefore there is no drawing before coloring

working in Finnish schools

art education symposium NATURALLY ART 2007 and 2008
using found materials to make art works
the Tony Craig box of Jolanda Schouten

fishes and dialogue action of Matti Mattson
the forest-LABYRINTH as a field of new experiences
ART-MUSIC-NATURE
different views on art education

workshop ‘who is sitting next to me
‘by the Dutch artist Jolanda Schouten
in ylä aste of Haukivuori
working with photo copy and fabric

collecting the things you normal put in your pocket gives a
remarkable collection what can be used in different ways
making small drawings of all the stuff in the box
trying different arrangements on paper
the painted results are different as the children are

children’s forest in Saksala ArtRadius
children can build their own constructions with the materials of the surroundings

children’s LABYRINTH –
a place where children can play, enjoy and create a fantasy world

art centre Saksala ArtRadius is showing a serious view on child art
artist and art teacher Marja de Jong is an authority in the field of art education
and cooperating with Etelä-Savon Taidetoimikunta and Mikkelin Kaupunki
program art education
• art courses for children in art centre Saksala ArtRadius
• art courses for teachers in art centre Saksala ArtRadius
• children’s forest
• children’s metsä-LABYRINTTI
• MASTER CLASSES AND RESIDENCIES ART AND ART EDUCATION
• art education symposiums in cooperation with Etelä-Savon Taidetoimikunta
• cooperation with IAE – Vienna – AUSTRIA
• art education project with primary schools in Mikkeli (Etelä-Savon
Taidetoimikunta and Mikkelin Kaupunki)
• school projects art and painting
• after school projects in cooperation with teachers
• workshops by artists staying in the artist-in-residence of Saksala ArtRadius
• exhibitions child art
• collection child art of the AllaprimA Foundation (10 000 works)
• developing international exchange programs
• student-in-residence program

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(art) teachers
children
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