As I will be speaking on Art for Set Your Feet 2023, I am scouring the Parents' Review Articles for any and all things related. I had come across an article regarding nursery artwork years ago but this one I had not read. I think this is helpful for those who focus on the picture study so much that they neglect the instruction of drawing. Granted, Mrs. Steinthal is talking about starting children young with instruction in drawing, but the appreciation for good art should be presented from their very beginning.
Mrs. Steinthal doesn't take a lot of time on the "how" of training (she doesn't set out a lesson plan here) but gives good advice for those who don't want to be lamenting later that their kids don't want to participate in art making. Start 'em young, she says! Give them things that they care about to draw and paint- their toys are excellent pieces to begin with. We all like when we create something that resembles reality (or even just what we had envisioned) and kids even more so, I think.
In the nursery, in the entire house really, good art needs to be chosen; not an over abundance of it. It doesn't need to be overwhelming, just worthy.
I love the example of the three-year-old who commented on the complementary colors in the painting of "The Betrothal of the Virgin" by Lorenzo di Viterlo!
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