Should I do it???

In my last session with T she said I should try painting- I told her if she wanted a stick man I could probably give it a go ... Then before I left she said give painting a try....

I do have some paints in the cupboard that belong to my daughter...

Should I paint her a stick man as a joke?

(I think I will as we do have that jokey 'relationship' in between dealing with the crap of my past... Thought it might make for a lighter hearted post)

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Oh , Yes I would give that a go definitely. I took up colouring as a lot of people are recently after ( cough ) amount of years and do take it to therapy.

If she can take a joke as intended, I would do it. You might discover you have a hidden talent. Of course there's abstract art that doesn't seem to require talent at all!

Perhaps the most colourful stickman ever?

I've started colouring, but I'm not sure that's the kind of artistic expression she is after hahaha

She would definitely be able to take the joke- we have healthy banter.

Brown owl... Just what I was thinking... Will have to check what colours my daughter has

(She hasn't painted at home for a while- she is into sticking with PVA glue at the moment )

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Why don't you see if you can paint something else besides a stick man? (Then do the stick man as a joke.)

I'm serious. My grandmother was an artist and always insisted I had a talent for drawing and was just too impatient for it. I never believed her, until a couple of years ago when a friend got me a "Learn to Draw" book as a joke and I actually went through it. Turned out I did have a talent for drawing (really just a technical talent - I don't have the ability to put my soul into my work the way my grandmother could), and now sometimes I go draw a building or a park scene when I want to lose myself.

I thought about it, but I wouldn't know where to start. I really can't draw or paint, I can't even colour in the lines all the time at nearly 30

Art isn't my thing, never has been.

Also T wants me to try using it to express my emotions... I just see it being a mess

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Painting/drawing is hard because errors are more noticeable. Maybe try something a little simpler, like embroidery. You can play with beads and different stitches to make textures. Or try painting or glazing premade items, like birdhouses or pots or shelves. Here again you can focus on designs and textures.

Art is about expression. It doesn't matter if there are mistakes esp with a T I occasionally take my art to T and we just talk about the ideas and feelings around them. I think you will find you have your own symbolism in the art and the best part is working out what it means. Most of my art is incomplete because of my attention span and my T refers to these as "works in progress"

My t often suggests I paint things from my dreams, but I keep not doing it. I don't have any paints for one, and for another I don't know thing one about painting. The only thing I've 'painted' in anywhere near recent years, was my drum, and I painted it black with one coat of sparkle paint. But you're right, it is about expression, so maybe I will try it one of these days. Maybe look for some inexpensive paints at a yard sale or something....

You could do something more abstract. My 4-year-old does all these lines and swirls rather than trying to paint actual things, and it's actually quite lovely. (Sure, she's supposed to be painting people and animals and trees at this age, and this could be considered another symptom of her developmental delay/ASD, but I prefer to consider it her artistic sensibility.)

I am not an artist nor interested in art -but I do like to draw on my ipad for some reason. I also read Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain - it was interesting to ponder.
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I think the point of drawing or painting is to express yourself creatively in a non-verbal mode, to get in contact with your feelings, to have a little fun with it and try something different. More like a game, not so much about impressing anybody with your skills or producing art you can sell or hang on your wall or whatever. So I'd say try it and don't worry about whether your picture is good or not.

Chav Have you decided to try the painting yet?

I painted the stick person... T thought is was funny.

I think I might take my daughter out tomorrow and get some cheap paints and doing some art with her at home and have a go myself.

It might be rubbish but I can only give it a go. I trust T enough to know she wouldn't suggest it unless she thought it might help.

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