The artwork of Jaipur-based researcher and educator got recognized by the "Show Your Talent (SYT) International Group" administered by renowned artist Anagha Deshpande Vyas since 2018 that recognizes and awards contributors for various art and craft forms which are low-cost.
Work of Dr Kishore in the area of 'dot art' won the award on February 14, 2021, (see inset collage). The artwork was as a part his own practice for its non-art use for special kids to develop motor skills, coordination skills and visual intelligence.
Here, the article of Dr Kishore, earlier published in Slideshare, is being reproduced, for professionals engaged in expressive art therapy.
Article:
Title: Turning line drawing art into education therapy through adapted dot and line rangoli designs and patterns
Author: Lalit Kishore
Write-up: Special educators and educational therapists are suppose to explore line-drawing skill with pencils and coloured chalks for training children with special needs for fine motor skills, coordination skills, attentiveness and cognitive skills development.
If, the activity is linked with Indian culture of dot and line rangoli patterns and designs by as successive drawing, it can work as an art therapy.
Art is needed to be adapted to meet the special needs by modifying both the tools of the art and art activity by adhering to basics and simplicity.
The following successive drawing activity is related to successive drawing modified line rangoli that can be tried for children with special needs.
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