Residents in the art class at The Grove Senior Apartment in Garden Grove, CA, spent time on a paint and sip painting that Program Director and art teacher Lourdes Torres taught as a transition piece. She comments, “I thought it would be a quick one for us but it lasted a couple of classes. This painting offered a few lessons that the students took their time on. The first lesson was sketching in white paint to lay out their composition over their background. They had to overcome their anxiety about drawing a mistake and how to cover it up. They also learned about the curvature of the lines on the balloon to make it appear that the balloon has a round shape, starting narrow at the top then widening as it followed the curvature of the balloon and then narrowing again at the base of the balloon. They also learned about proportion, starting with the basket and then drawing the correct proportion for the balloon to appear realistic as well as fit within their canvas. They did a great job!”
Research demonstrates that participating in arts activities improves the health and quality of life of older people.
~ Lourdes Torres, Program Director
