A PICTURE IS A POEM WITHOUT WORDS
- Horace

Painting gives us pleasure and great satisfaction. Apart from that if you con-
sider painting from a psychological, social and medical point of view we can
find many benefits for the physical, mental and spiritual body not only for
children but adult as well. Art makes us more human. This is a great benefit
for all people and mainly for those who have conditions with a lack of commu-
nication or problems expressing themselves such as shyness autism and other
disabilities.
In painting is an individual enters his/her own world, a world full of possibili-
ties. The stimulus of the creative mind allow the student to positively isolate
from reality, which provides a mental rest that lowers stress and generates
relaxation and happy feelings. Learning to hold and handle a brush and/a
pencil will help regulate the hand movements and stimulate brain connections
at the same time the skill is being developed.
In elderly people, painting helps them strengthen they are a fine motor skill.
Painting is also helpful during the growth and development stages of children
as well as in adulthood.

Emotions are part of the creative world we all have inside. Making those emo-
tions flow through painting helps create harmony between the heart and
mind, which leads us to experiment with happiness, love, empathy, and
peace. Within this chaotic world we live, the visualization and relaxation that
we obtain through painting are tools that in the long run, benefit our emotion-
al organic, energetic and spiritual being.

Practice, understand and talk about art creates a better understanding of it.
Individuals see themselves reflected and motivated by the work of others,
which also allows us to be a receptor of this type of communication, which

MRS. ANASUA CHAKRABARTY
Principals
Art Section
Strings N Easels