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Artwork for Elderly and Disabled.
Torquay, Torbay Devon.

Much of the artwork we do revolves around the enjoyment of doing art rather than the actual aesthetic or professional finish of the product. Our Art practices are aimed at the Elderly and Disabled in Nursing and residential care around the Torquay, Torbay area of Devon.

Many people don't have the physical abilities which we take for granted and just putting pencil to paper is an achievement in itself. Then there are those who's life has revolved around art and their abilities are professional in finish.

We have the ability to put both parts into practice and use of different media means different results.


The use of Pen and ink can challenge the more proficient extracting a much more detailed and defined result.

Exercising the sight and steadiness of the hands.

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The use of Conte Pastels, Chalk and Charcoal can produce a much looser result and although the picture to the right has allot of detail, with Chalks you don't need to define so much, therefore someone with less motor capacity can produce some astounding results.

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Producing Family portraits can help reminisce and stimulate memory.

Even just drawing the people around you can give a sense of orientation and a sense of being.

Many people have never attempted to produce any artwork through their life time and it is amazing what conversational effects it has on groups.

It is so easy to find subjects for art, it is all around you.
You find it in everyday objects such as Fruit for still life, the people around you can be sketched, the countryside can offer a lovely landscape, and it can even be found in your imagination and drawing is not necessarily that difficult to do at the end of the day.

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if you can just separate what you think something should look like from what from what it actually does look like you will find that your drawing skills will very probably improve.

Here's a little test you can try yourself.

Get a picture of something, anything will do, a portrait, a still life, a landscape, an animal, anything you can get your hands on. If you don't have anything, use the picture below.

Get out your pencil and 2 pieces of paper and place the picture beside you to copy...
Ok.. First draw the picture on one of the pieces of paper and when you have finished, turn your finished drawing over.

Now before you start anything else, turn the picture you have been copying upside down - that's correct, upside down not over.
Without turning the picture back the correct way at anytime and without turning your head to try to see the picture the correct way up again, draw the picture on the second piece of paper.
Use the John Wayne picture below again if you don't have anything else.

When you have finished turn your drawn picture the correct way up and turn your first drawn picture over so you can see both your pieces of work side by side.

Which one do you think looks better, I would hazard a guess that the second picture you drew looks better than the first, or at least looks in better proportion than the first.

The reason we seem to draw something better that is upside down is because we do not perceive what it looks like, our brain does not tend to give it familiarity so our brain does not add things that we think should be there, the result is a much more proportioned and accurate picture without bias.