Creative Futures in an art course I am running at Youth Inspired in Bedford for adults with learning disabilities and mental health issues. I have the most fantastic group of eight learners who are continuing to amaze me week upon week with their enthusiasm, talent and uniqueness. Each week we do something different, to give them a taste of all the different artistic mediums that are available. In the first week we did a combination of painting and collage, to produce some wonderfully colourful silhouette images, as well as doing 'blind' portraits of each other. In the second week we worked in two teams to make sculptures out of various household items and in the third and fourth weeks we have done 'alternative' drawing and watercolour painting. It's just brilliant to see them so proud of the work they produce and experiment with techniques they have never tried before, pushing them out of their comfort zones and learning something completely new. I can't wait to have the exhibition at the end of the course!
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