This could be in your family too... The inheritance of art and innocence of a child artist.

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YOUR FAMILY TOO…
by ranjan r. joshi
Three years old IRA the granddaughter of Late R.P.Joshi in action…
BalChitraKala four
generations ! An article on
Child Art…
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THIS COULD BE IN YOUR
FAMILY TOO…by ranjan r. joshi
Why this title? The reason is simple. We have some
myths rooted in our society about the role of art in our
life. Child art is not at all counted as a serious means to
understand the purity of that child’s mind innocence. In
India SHANKARS WEEKLY moment started by Shankar Pillai
a cartoonist by profession in early fifties brought the
attention of the society to this child art cause. UNO’s
appeal to the world community about art and specially
child art as a must for human growth in day to day life and
education in early fifties, sixties created considerable
attention. My good friend painter Chandrakant Channe
created BASOLI GROUP in Nagpur nearly forty years ago
and is still very much strong part of cultural contribution in
nourishing the minds of Nagpur children. Fortunately I
could witness for four decades this in my life time. This is
very important child art moment in India next to
SHANKARS WEEKLY moment mentioned earlier. Luckily I
belongs to that family whose four generations have been
nurtured on this child art since my father inculcated the
importance of it in us in early fifties. Let us understand
child art is not to create artist but to nurture the
innocence in us. This presentation is a small effort to
record the same and motivate to look in your own family
something like this.

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By Ira’s artist great grandfather Late R.P.Joshi’s article
on child art appeared in this book and the text quoted here in
this presentation is from the same.

4. Engage the child in a playful
manner with
Chalk,Pencil,Colour Sketch
pens and any surface from
drawing papers to any thing
to express her/him
emotions. Do not worry
about what they are
rendering because this is
the beginning of their
first visual alphabets which
we cannot decode.
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5. Engage the child in a playful manner…
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6. By Three
years old IRA
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7. By Three years old IRA
CHILD ART IS THE EXTENTION OF
PRE‐HISTORIC ART WHICH IS FREE
AND INNOCENT.
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Prehistoric Rock Shelters of BHIMBETKA, Madhya Pradesh. INDIA

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Altamira Caves Painting in Cantabria in what is known as Green Spain.

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Which has then evolved into PRARAMPARIK KALA
(Tradinational Art form ) FROM
THE PRE‐HISTORIC ART WHICH IS FREE AND
INNOCENT, such as
Kalamkari, Warli, Madhubani, Gondi etc…
Kalamkari. Warli.
Madhubani Gondi etc…

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BEAUTY LIES IN THE EYES OF
THE BEHOLDER…
To define fine art
appropriately one can
classify
1) Desire to draw, render and record.
2) Desire to sculpt or construct with the
specific idea.
3) Desire to perform by means of body
gesture such as to dance or to act.

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Art embodies;
Science
disembodies
Johns Fowles
Man invented things by
imposing on nature by
means of molding,
weaving, building,
and painting.
To explain further We can see the following quotes from the book
The Art of Looking Sideways
by Alan Fletcher

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Art is I…. Science
is We
Claude Bernard
Man discovered things
by revealing
the pattern of
nature
by means of cutting,
splitting, crushing, and
hitting.

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“Child Art” how to
motivate your child
towards ART.“Do the Doodle spell out
your state of mind?” by Graphologist
SEEMA HINGIRRANY, Deconstructs The Doodle.
This was published in THE TIMES OF INDIA‐6th Nov.
2005, in Bombay Times supplement.
The child art when observed in the above
manner as said given example will allow
understanding the hidden potentials of the
child. There are many things such as memory
drawing, drawing by imitation, drawing by
imagination, if viewed seriously by the parents
the basic purpose of knowing the inclination of
the child’s mind set towards his future.

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• Animals: These are usually sensitive to living
creatures. Doodles of weak, passive or small animals
indicate slowness, a lack of self‐confidence, and more
introverted tendencies. Doodles of aggressive animals
represent feelings of assertiveness.
• Stars: This indicates a feeling of hope and optimism.
• Flowers: represents our feminine side and a desire to
see growth, nature and reproduction.
• Cubes: The commonest doodles, they indicate a
desire to be constructive.
If they are 3Dimensional,they indicate ability or an
attempt to see all sides of the issue.
• Doodles are what you scribble absent‐mindedly on
paper while attending a Ho‐Hum college lecture,
talking on the phone to someone or even when
preoccupied with something else. These scribbles vary
from cartoons to self‐portraits. They often portray
character and personality of the person who is
doodling.
• Here are some we try and analyse:
you scribble

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• Houses: These represent the doodler’s attitude
towards his or her domestic life.
A warm, inviting house‐one that looks
lived in; perhaps with smoke curling from the
chimney‐suggests the doodler has a happy and
positive attitude towards home life.
• Triangles: They reveal a rational state of mind.
• Trees: represent our egos and ambitions. Trees with
leaves and fruits indicates that the doodler associate
emotions of Love, sex and children with each other.
Bare drooping branches indicate depression and lack
fighting spirit.
• People: Doodling on profiles indicates the doodler
does not like the way he or she looks or feels that
they can not
Draw well. The face is important, smiles are desirable
obliviously, and frowns are not.
Missing of the parts of the face indicates a cautious,
suspicious doodler. Doodles of ears usually mean
that the doodlers feel they have to listen too much to
someonesomething.
• Foods: Drawing things to eat or drink indicate a need
for love or strong desire for something.
• Circles: They are associated with feelings sociable
and friendly with a desire to be flexible and loving.
• Arrows: This indicates ambition, drive and
motivation.

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IRA’s first detailed drawing attempt record: 2014 A.D. age three years.

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Here is 3 years IRA’s gallery of DOODLES.

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This is classic example of imitation of fast script
writing from the elders by the every child in the
world. The invert mode on the right gives you
insight of abstract letter’s beauty.
Here is 3 years IRA’s gallery of DOODLES.

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Here is 3 years IRA’s gallery of DOODLES.

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By Three years old IRA
Beauty of the
same drawing
when seen in
invert mode of
Photoshop…
we can check our
kids drawings
with this new
options in new
perspective.

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By Three years old IRA
Beauty of the same drawing when seen in invert mode
of Photoshop…we can check our kids drawings with this
new options in new perspective.
Sense of
curiosity
and
childlike
innocence
the key
factor of
every
child’s
growth.

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Please do not force the
child to do this or that.
The child will rebel.
Marian Richardson the
pioneer of child art
education from England
focused on Memory
Drawing, Visual Art,
Nature Drawing, and
spontaneity. She said
these are the windows of
their mind that help
decode their language….

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Herbert Reed
the famous
thinker said
“Let the child
grow, develop
and nurture”,
the UNSCO’s
report insist on
all sided
development of
a child through
the Art be basis
of Education.

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The one and a half
or Two years old
child will be in a
scribbling stage or
stage of
manipulation.
The child express
through
subconscious mind
and same stage
could be with the
conscious mind by
the modern artist.
By 75 years old
famous artist
Shantaram
Pawar
Such as
these two
examples…

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Such as these two examples…
By Ira’s artist great grandfather Late R.P.Joshi’s work of art and
the author of text quoted here in this presentation

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By Ira’s artist great grandfather Late R.P.Joshi’s work of art and
the author of text quoted here in this presentation

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By the Sixty fours years old Aditya’s father
Ranjan R. Joshi’s work of art and now Ira’s grandfather.…

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By the then Six years old Aditya
of Late R.P.Joshi’s grandson now
Ira’s father…

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Imagination and make
believe world are the two
important stages one can
see in every child all over
the world. Symbolic
depiction evolves as the
child grows which is like an
X‐RAY of the mind. One has
to be very sensitive while
communicating with the
child. The environment
around the child is always
reflected in the free
rendering of art.

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Why child stops drawing
after the age of 13
onwards? The reason is
entering into ADULTHOOD.
13teen to 19teen period of
growth puts child in the
dilemma of ‘rational
thinking’ and ‘age of
innonce.’ This is the stage
where, only those who are
inclined to lateral thinking
choose to be artist and the
liner thinkers opt for other
vocations….

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Here is Aditya’s gallery of Rational
Drawings derived from DOODLES.
Age: 10 to 15…(1993…)
Watch the details from the
main drawings.

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Here is Aditya’s gallery of Rational
Drawings derived from DOODLES. Age: 10
to 15…(1993…)
Watch the
details from
the main
drawings.

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By the then Six years old Aditya now Ira’s father…
‘Imagination and make believe world are the two important stages
one can see in every child all over the world. Symbolic depiction
evolves as the child grows which is like an X‐RAY of the mind.’
This drawing was visualized by the then six years old Aditya due to his
love and passion for cars. This was the concept based on bicycle to
which he called ATUO‐MOBILECYCLE.

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‘Imagination and make believe world are the two important stages one can see in
every child all over the world. Symbolic depiction evolves as the child grows which
is like an X‐RAY of the mind.’ This drawing was visualized by the then six years old
Aditya due to his love and passion for cars. This was the concept based on bicycle to
which he called ATUO‐MOBILECYCLE.
Incidentally today Aditya’s
father‐ in‐ law Mr. Dilip
Joglekar who happened to
be automobile engineer
created this model out of
my request from the said
drawing. And just recently I
came across this news
paper cutting that
somebody did visualized
actual Car‐Cycle. It may not
be Aditya to realized his
childhood dream but
somebody on the earth
thinks similar.

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The gist of this text is that it’s about Visual literacy. This is the
foundation of our subject. The environment perceived by our eye is
interpreted by the brain through various visual forms such as
Alphabets, Pictures, human activities etc. It is received by decoding
colour, shape and thought. Education, Grooming and the Teacher are
important factors in this process. Education that gives insights.
Grooming that gives confidence and Teacher who coordinates all the
said things. Visual communication encompasses all together the above
said things. To understand child art one should be visually literate.
My two nieces
Vaidehi
Satchidnanda Joshi
and Sonia Suhas
Joshi
were between 10 to
8 years old then
who did these
drawings and gave
textual expression
on my drawing
exercises in 1980.
(34 years ago…) see
the results on
following pages.

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VAIDEHI
now and
then

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VAIDEHI
now and
then

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VAIDEHI
now and
then

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SONIA
now
and
then

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SONIA
now
and
then

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SONIA
now
and
then

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What is Creativity?
क पकता हणजे काय?...It is nothing but,
1) Organizational Skill: The ability to put things together
in a coherent order. संघिटतपणे िकवा यवि थत रचना कर याचे कौश य:
कोणतीही गो ट कर यापूवीर् यवि थत रचना संघिटतपणे साधणे अपेिक्षत आहे.
2) Flexibility: An ability to adapt to see possibilities, willingness to find
innovative relationships. लवचीकपणा: नवे बदल घडव याचे व ते लवचीकपणाने
जुळवून घे याची ई छाशक्ती अपेिक्षत आहे.
3) Productivity: The ability to generate ideas, easily and frequently and
to follow through on these ideas. ऊ पादक क्षमता: न या क पनांना िन या या
उपयोगात आ याचे गुण िवकिसत करणे.
4) Playfulness: A sense of humor and ability to experiment freely.
खेळकरवृ ी: थटटा, म करी,िवनोद वृ ीने न दुखवता न या प्रयोगांना सामोरे जा याची
क्षमता िनमार्ण करणे.
5) Analytical Skill: A talent of exploring problems, taking them apart
and finding out things work. पृथक्करण िकवां मुलभू वचा शोध घे याचे कौश य:
कोण याही प्र नाचे मुलभूत त वाचा शोधा मक्तेने पृथक्करण प धतीने यातील
उपयोिज वाचा शोध घेणे.
6) Sensitivity: Heightened awareness of what one sees, hears, and
touches as responsiveness to other people and their feelings.
प्रितमा ग्राहक्ता/ सचेतन: आजूबाजू या आप या पंचिद्रया वारे हणंजे पाहणे, एैकणे,
पशर् करणे अ या परीि थचे प्रितमा ग्राहक्ता पूवर्क व सचेतन िशग्रिह आकलन करीत
लोकांवरील पिरणाम,प्रितिक्रयांचे टीपण कर याची क्षमता िवकिसत करणे.
7) Fluency: A readiness to allow the free flow of ideas.
सुरळीत ओघ असणे: न या क पनांचा मांतून त्रवणारा ओघ सुरळीत पणे मांड याची
क्षमता िवकिसत करणे
8) Originality: Uncommon responses to situations and to solving
problem. अ सलपणा: अ सलपणातून नािव य िनमार्ण करीत आजूबाजू या
पिरि थतीचे सू म अवलोकन व क पकतेणे प्र नांना सामोरेजात ते सोडिवणे.
This I could study from the syllabus of
TROY STATE UNIVERCITY‐USA as I had to teach
subject “perceiving art” for their UG Degree
program in MUMBAI Campus
as Sr. Graphic Design Faculty.

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1 2 3
4 5 6
7 8
What is
Creativity ?
This the
visual answer
by my
student
Rahul
Ajagaonkar.

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These are
the three
stages that
develops
our
thinking
from the
childhood.

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IRA’s grandfather and
grandmother with their parents
IRA’s father with his parents and
IRA with her parents: Gauri‐
Aditya.
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