Pigmentos minerais: a descoberta de cores, materialidades e suportes em vivências experimentais na Educação Infantil

Abstract

This dissertation, presented in the Professional Master's Degree in Arts at the Federal University of Uberlândia-MG (UFU), addresses the use of mineral pigments in Art classes at the Municipal School of Early Childhood Education Emei Professora Carmelita Vieira dos Santos, in 1st and 2nd period classes, with children four and five years, respectively. Its object is MINERAL PIGMENTS, in an attempt to show different painting techniques to children, in order to improve their knowledge in the production of temperas (OVERALL VINYL) whose main element is the mineral pigment collected by them, by the teacher and coming from donations. From the collections and preparation of the tempera, we move forward with thinking about practices that favor the production of other forms of paintings which contribute to the teaching-learning process, contextualizing it with works of art chosen for this research. This is also intended to sharpen children's curiosity, enabling them to have a different perspective on the spaces around them. It is possible to see that pigments are practically everywhere we go, they are easily accessible and we can obtain different colors by collecting materials suitable for this purpose. In this context, we need to pay attention to preserving the environment when collecting. Therefore, the objective of this research is to collect, prepare and use mineral pigments as tempera for painting, questioning the importance of handling such pigments at school, observing children's behavior during collection, creating records of these steps and relating them to importance of pigments as artistic production. The methodological choice for the study is qualitative research of a descriptive nature and phenomenological method, in which the methodological procedures start from bibliographical survey, documentary analysis, material collection; and subsequent presentation of the results and report of experiences lived in everyday school life with mineral pigments. Some practices are explored with the tempera prepared by the children, ending with an exhibition of the work in the school space, at Municipal Center for Educational Studies and Projects Julieta Diniz (CEMEPE) and Laboratório Galeria at UFU, which can then be transferred to other environments. Taking into consideration that this experience involves discovering places to obtain mineral pigments and prepare their tempering, we sought a narrative that dialogues with the thoughts of theorists: Bermond (2016), Dewey (2010), Duarte (2019), Fischer (1971), Góis (2016), Oliveira (1995), Werneck (2010), and others, who greatly contribute to the development of all this research.