Creative Care Homes is a brand new A-Z of art activities and inspirational ideas. A practical and helpful guide to enable everyone to deliver creative sessions within a care home environment.
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Our practical and helpful A-Z guide of art activities and inspirational ideas for creative sessions with residents and carers... Read more
Making art can benefit both our mental and physical wellbeing. Here are just five of the ways making art can be good for us... Read more
The Creative Care Homes guide has been developed as a practical tool to support you in making the visual arts part of daily life in your care home. Find out how to make the most of it... Read more
The purpose of abstract art is not to record what something looks like but rather how you feel about it - an emotional or imaginative response... Read more
Botanical art is all about recording the features of plants. Many artists have been inspired by flowers and gardens and they have become one of the most popular subjects for painting and drawing... Read more
Using colour is one of the most exciting aspects of creating art. It can make things beautiful, create a specific mood and express the emotions you feel... Read more
Drawing is at the heart of making art. You can make observational drawings of the objects and people you see around you, or doodle and draw from your imagination... Read more
Forget about accurate, observational drawing and use art to express your feelings. Be inspired by beautiful music, blustery weather, and your emotions... Read more
Using objects that already exist to create an artwork is a great way to encourage creative thinking and can help promote discussion on what values objects hold... Read more
One of our favourite aspects of making art is meeting people! Organise a regular art group to draw, paint and discover new artworks together... Read more
We use facial expressions and hand gestures to communicate our emotions and attitudes. Everyone’s face is different and our fingerprints are unique... Read more
In the late 19th century a group of artists, who became known as the Impressionists, created a movement that is still one of the most loved today... Read more