D as Dieter
LII as
52 in Roman numerals-
Born in 1952
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Painting with Seniors
Senior Day Care Center „Knoepflestadt“
Care Service
Certus
This
project is to bring seniors enjoyment
in
painting shape and colors.
Creativity
doesn't know any age.
In the
hours we spend together, we experience together pictures, music,
fragances
and stories, which awaken memories of earlier times.
And when
paint together we realize that we are busy with
a theme
we have not thought about for a long time.
At the
first painting meetings in January and February 2019,
we dealt
with the topic of spring.
Colorful
tulips were painted and we remembered a song
from the
50s: "Tulips from Amsterdam".
Tulip
coloring pages painted with colored pencil
The
foliage of fresh green deciduous trees was applied with the sponge.
Painting
trees with sponge and gouache
In order
to protect our clothes from the color, we have made
big blue
garbage bags to beautiful overcoats.
A funny moment
with the dress of the Haut Couture.
Painters with protective clothing
At
carnival time colorful masks and princesses were interesting,
which we
painted on paper.
Carnival masks for coloring
We made a
little video about the first three painting meetings:
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Meanwhile it is autumn 2019 and
it already has
the thirteenth meeting took
place.
We painted autumn motives and
even with coffee:
Instant coffee powder and water
were mixed in a "cup" of aluminum foil.
All have realized beautiful
ideas.
At the end of November we held
our painting meeting for the 17th time.
We dealt with an actual topic at
every painting meeting: Spring, Carnival,
Birds, Blossoms, Summer
holidays, Autumn leaves, Helloween, Christmas time.
But also: abstract painting,
painting with a sponge,
Cardboard column with colored
buttons,
painting with coffee and much
more.
We often began the painting
meetings with finger and arm movement
exercises to relax, listened to
music from the 70s
and newer music and sang along,
from time to time we also used
fragrances and
ourselves reminiscent of our
rose garden and other
or the enjoyed good smell of coffee.
We heard a lot of stories about
walking in the forest, the twittering
of birds, warming sun rays, the
view of the river Rhine Valley
and spiritually participated in
the projects of the painter Dieter
with his Art videos or the
reproduction of a reading girl by Franz Eybl.
My wife and I spent many hours
with the seniors
and we all had our joy and
variety.
Now it's time to enjoy the
Christmas season and
prepare yourself for the New
Year 2020.
We are now taking a break from
the project
and thank the seniors for their
interest in the painting meetings.
My wife and me have summarized
our experiences with the artistic care
of the elderly in a small book called
Buntstifte gegen Alltagsgrau
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