Heart of a Child

The Heart of a Child
Artwork for and by Children

The children were asked to draw an emotion, something that they can feel intensely. They were asked not to limit themselves to a particular scenario or style but to let their markers, crayons, and watercolor pencils flow with continuous movement. The pen strokes themselves should reflect joy, sorrow, anger, fear, shock, pride, or surprise. Their poetry is free style and describe what they were thinking as they were reintroduced to their paintings from the prior week. It is pure "wild mind".

In teaching art, my moto is: "You can't make mistakes. Anything you see in your mind and recreate is ART." In this, the children recalled painters like Picasso, Monet and Van Gogh and began their journey into themselves. These paintings reflect each child's inner beauty and soul. I hope you enjoy these as much as I do.

Thank you children.

	Eleni Schnell Christmas This night was so exciting I ran into the snow! This night was so exciting I just let everything flow! The sunny sky had fallen Into a pink red sunset But all I see now inside the sky is snow, snow, falling...
	Bobby Britain War The war field was muddy And we were exhausted The enemy was furious But watch out... We are coming...
	Brian Thompson Jolly Nick Old jolly Saint Nick Is coming down the chimney With presents for the children Of the world. He flies into different time zones With presents for all the children In the World on the harness Of eight reindeer that fly.
	Cody White was absent the day we worked on our poetry. But he told me that his picture expresses silliness and joy. Animals fly in the helicopter while the clouds enjoy the sight.
	Dan Whetzle Star Wars The Empire is evil and so is it told. The milllennium is going down. Luke's ship is going down. No one knows Who will win But a logical guess is... THE EMPIRE!
	Anger The guns I carried brought all of my anger into light bullets. I shot alot of men. But this particular one I shot made my anger worse. I flet like shooting everybody. Whoever walked by me then would die.

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