Exercise

“FAMILY IN THE SHAPE OF FLOWERS”

Materials: gouache, brushes, a jar of water, a white sheet of paper (A-3).
It is proposed to draw your family in the form
colors. The drawing of a family in the form of flowers reflects emotional well-being, an idea of ​​​​one’s place and role in the family.
After creating the drawing, it is proposed to answer the questions:

– What did you create?

– What feelings did you have when you depicted your family in the picture?
– Are you on it?
– How does your flower feel?
What feelings does the drawing evoke in you?
– In what parts of the body did you feel the sensations caused by the drawing?
What family members are shown here?
– What feelings do they experience?
– Do flowers interact?
– Are there family members who live with you but are not in the picture?
– What situation from your family life does this picture illustrate?
– What can you change?

The images of flowers in the picture, their location, habitat reflect the real family situation and help the author of the picture to realize it.

Color patterns may reflect:

A field of flowers is a state of life in a society that replaces a family;

The ideal family is the one that the author of the drawing would like to have;

The family in which the person grew up or now lives.

Distantly located flowers, the absence of one of the family members indicate weak emotional ties, difficulties and tension in relationships.

The “withering” of flowers is an image of a person’s physical distress or advanced age.

If the flowers are placed in a flower pot, vase or grow in a flower bed, it is important to clarify who cares for these flowers, from whom they receive care?

If some flowers are placed at a close distance or grow from the same stem, it is important to clarify what this means for the author of the drawing.
their location is too close.

The presence in the picture of similar colors, as well as the same color, can indicate the emotional closeness of these people, their similarity.

Normally, the drawing is usually located in the center of the sheet and occupies almost all the free space.

Flowers can occupy a different space on a sheet, this may be due to how a person perceives the living space that people allow themselves to occupy in reality.

If there are additional elements in the figure, it is important to clarify their meaning.