B4: Art in the Education of the Adolescent

Teaching of art to the adolescent must be done with tact. They should neither be treated as children, nor as adults. They require a very careful and subtle handling. They cannot be left totally to themselves as they require guidance. This is the age when they start learning perspective, technique, etc. and in a sense bid good-bye to the so-called—‘Child Art’. Yet what they draw or paint is far from what can be called mature work. It is indeed necessary that an artist with sympathetic nature be employed to help