Category: Sylvi Art

• Environmental Art Challenge

  On Facebook a local Art Teacher shared this idea for outdoor art project.

   

  My granddaughter and I watched it and we both agreed it would be a fun project for tonight.

  (I had disappointed her by going for a bike ride by myself before she came tonight.)

  So, we set out to gather things we saw on the ground.

  
  

  It is amazing what the idea of a scavenger hunt did for what we noticed along the way.

  And, she had an idea of what she wanted to do – a Cat.

  I decided I would create a bird.

  So, we walked and weaved into the forest and along the road – keeping our eyes open for potential cat/bird like pieces.

  
  

  I love her imagination.  And on the video the Art Teach told a story, so Sylvi had a detailed story going as well, as she created her Celebration Cat.  

  My bird was quite flat and normal after her wonderful story.

  
  

  She was perplexed why my bird was facing sideways and her cat showed its face.

  Her cat had a celebration crown, streamers, and it was a surprise party that wasn't the cats.  

  I love her vivid imagination and how she jumps into every project with such confidence!

  Thanks Melissa Hronkin for sharing your wonderful idea.

  It had us outside in the fresh air for an hour and a half!

  Art and nature naturally go together!

   

  April 23, 2020

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• Magic in her Art

  While watching my 3 year old granddaughter pick out fabrics, squealing with delight, when a certain one excited her, I realized that this is art. The way colors, designs, and how they go together, make you feel.

  It is about the feeling.  Or at least this is how I do it. What ever excites me is what I play with.

  She is funny, being so young and knowing what she loves. My daughter and I would try and move her in a direction of fabrics, that may co-exist together in harmony and she refuses to be led.  She knows what she feels and will not be swayed differently.

  I love her knowing what she loves!

  And, she has to be the one to place her art down. We can't 'suggest' a better placement, she likes how it looks to her.  Our opinions just simply do not matter to her. It is her Art.

  
  

  What she has shown me, is what I have suspected, that to be a true artist is to find the most pleasure in the creative part. 

  Doing art is a feeling.

  It is to dance with the unknown.

  To be surprised in what colors or designs make you feel alive.

  She and I both love what we love and express it loudly!

  And, it matters not if they are 'supposed' to go together or not – it works for us, it makes us come alive.

  Her squeals and excitement are so self-empowering. 

  
  

  I love her absolute knowing. 

  Nothing can change how she feels.

  What a great inner sense of Self she has at 3.

  Perhaps we all did.

  Until, we start to focus more on the outside than the inside.

  I am hopeful that if she continues with Art, she will build a center core that the outside will have a hard time bending.

  
  

  I can see why Artists are feared, for they typically can't be led. They have a strong sense of self and are unapologetic.

  We know our selves better by doing Art.

  This just be a 3 year old phase she is going through – however, we have a few fun pieces to remember her little hands creating excitement with Art!

  Her eyes sees magic in her art!

   

  April 16, 2018

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