Cowes Care Home Residents Brush Up On New Skills

Residents at Old Charlton Care Home in Cowes have been grabbing their brushes and using them to learn a new skill.

Local artist, Linda Edge, from On The Edge Graphics, visited the home and spent time assisting and encouraging the residents to paint their own canvasses.

At the beginning of the session the residents were a little nervous and convinced that they couldn’t paint.

After an hour with Linda’s encouragement they had all painted a picture of their choice onto a canvass and were very proud of their achievements.

The staff all came to see what was going on at various stages of creation and were very impressed with the resident’s skills. 

The paintings have all been displayed on the mantlepiece in the lounge and the other residents and their families have all mentioned how they make the lounge brighter and more cheerful.

The residents have now asked to paint more regularly and also for Linda to visit again.

Linda said:

“I was blown away by their artwork, they were so amazing, the residents are so focused, they’ll have so much fun painting more beautiful pictures.”

Activity Coordinator, Debbie Webb, added:

“We are so grateful to Linda for coming and sharing her knowledge and enthusiasm with our residents.

"It was marvellous to see their confidence growing and their attitude becoming so much more positive.

"Obviously, the next step will be to incorporate more painting into our timetable so that the residents can keep improving this new skill.”