Our new friends in Kontula have become even more alive as we all sat around to talk about the self-portraits. What do you think this picture means? What do you think our friend is trying to say with that gesture? Through the process of trying to understand what the picture is conveying, we started to connect with the picture and the person behind the camera. "I like horses too!" "I like to do gymnastics too!"
We had a good discussion about translation. Can we say something exactly in another language? We practiced saying hello and how are you in different languages. Even from that we sometimes got stuck because the direct translation wasn't always exactly the same.
We tried applying this concept of translation to picture form by tracing the self-portrait. Then when we added color, we could play around with how color enhances and changes the meaning of the picture. All the elements come together so choose carefully what you would like to communicate!
The Monkeys did an amazing job!
Sincerely,
Arlene, Sanna, Ben & The Monkeys
The 6 year old artists at Your School in Espoo, Finland are making and sharing art with the 6 year old artists from Päiväkoti Pihapirtti in Helsinki, Finland.
