These two key areas of meaning and coping play a significant factor in whether an individual can recover from an event or retreat into behaviours that are relevant to depression. What makes this perception even more significant to the individual is how they are able to cope with the event. What may be a tragic event in one person’s life may be viewed as an opportunity for growth to another person. The client can create artwork which details their current mood and then uses the artwork as a basis of discussion around their mood.Īrt itself can provide the client with a method to stabilize mood through relaxing art techniques and creativity.ĭepression may result from hereditary factors, childhood trauma, biological issues and specific life stressors such as losing a job or going through a divorce.Ī key factor in determining the underlying issues of a client’s current state of depression is to explore how the client gives meaning to specific events and feelings. Art therapy is a non-judgmental and unobtrusive approach to exploring emotional pain through non-verbal methods. Hmmm… so hard to decide.For those diagnosed with depression, feelings of sadness, hopelessness, apathy, and loss of pleasure are magnified and significantly impacts a client’s desire to engage in daily activities as well as therapeutic treatment to address depression.Īrt therapy provides an alternative to treatment where sufferers have previously been resistant to talk therapy methods. I love them! I will have to decide last minute if I put out all the colors or stick with ocean tones. We are going to do these again in art camp tomorrow! I was scrolling through Instagram the other day and saw these shell collages painted with rainbow colors from art teacher Elizabeth Lyle. The next day, after they were fully dried, I added some eye screws and wire so these beautiful shell collages could be hung on the wall. I did try and encourage them to paint the sides of the wood.Ĥ. The tacky glue worked really well.ģ. Some kids painted the shells, and some didn’t. The shells didn’t move around while they painted them.
The glue was not fully dry but it didn’t matter. I also set out a little gold for sparkle (or sand, as someone pointed out).
After they were finished, I cleared the table of all the shells, then I set out the liquid watercolors in ocean colors. First, they glued their shells on in whatever way they wanted.Ģ. This is how the kids made their shell collagesġ. You can certainly use regular Elmer’s, too) ~ Tacky glue (I researched glue that would dry faster and this is what I found. ~ Pieces of wood approx 8″ x 9″ (I got mine cut at Home Depot and then sanded the edges) ~ Shells (if you don’t have any collected, or any access to beaches, you can buy shells at craft stores or here on Amazon) Thank you for your support! Supplies needed to make shell collages It’s what I love most about art class, the socialization and sharing of our lives. It was really fun to share my stories with my little artists. I remember my shells distinctly because I had these cards that I could glue the shell onto, which already had the name of the shell pre-printed and the the shape on the back. I collected everything from Nancy Drew mysteries to shells to everything gnome. But over the course of ten years, I have been lucky to visit quite a few beaches.) I was so excited to finally have enough shells to share with the kids.Īctually, I used to collect shells when I was little. (Ok, that makes me sound so much more like a world traveler than I actually am.
Most of these shells are from different beaches around the world.
Guess what we did last summer? My little campers made the most magical shell collages ever! I beach comb wherever I go, collecting shells and rocks and all sorts of treasures.
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