《雨季》：情緒繪本創作論述

Abstract

本創作研究以情緒繪本《雨季》為主題探討如何透過繪本創作引導兒童認識、覺察並轉化低潮情緒。情緒能力與兒童的生活適應、人際互動及心理健康息息相關，具有高度情緒能力的兒童更能有效面對壓力與挑戰。本研究關注雨天氣候常帶來的灰暗與低落情緒，試圖藉由圖像與敘事的設計，將「雨季」作為象徵低潮的意象，呈現情緒轉化的歷程，促進兒童對情緒的理解與調節能力。本創作設定的主要目標讀者為 4 至 8 歲之兒童，涵蓋學齡前至小學低年級。研究首先選取三本具有代表性的情緒繪本作為文本分析對象，從中分析色彩運用、故事結構、角色情緒表達及圖文整合等元素，進行歸納與比較，並以此為基礎進行創作構思與設計。再來分析三位擅長以水彩繪製雨天主題的水彩畫家之作品，參考其畫作以水彩特性在畫面的光影、技法呈現再運用到筆者實際創作的繪本中。本繪本以數位繪圖方式創作，追求呈現手繪質感與真實情感之視覺風格，以便建立讀者情感連結。

本研究亦結合兒童情緒發展理論與社會情緒學習（SEL）核心概念，強調繪本可作為情緒教育的有效媒介，並將氣候與情緒的心理關聯納入探討，指出陰雨天氣常與悲傷、孤獨等負向情緒相關，若能適切運用繪本進行引導，將有助於兒童學習正向情緒調節策略。最終目標是透過繪本創作實踐，使藝術與教育融合，提供具有教育性與文學性的情緒繪本，強化兒童的情緒覺察力與心理韌性，並提供親子共讀及教學現場應用之參考依據。This creative research explores the picture book Rainy Season as a means to guide children in recognizing, understanding, and transforming low-mood emotions. Emotional competence is essential for children’s adaptation, relationships, and mental health, enabling them to better cope with stress and challenges. Focusing on the negative emotions often associated with rainy weather, this study employs visual and narrative design to use Rainy Season as a metaphor for emotional lows, illustrating the process of emotional transformation and supporting children’s emotional awareness and regulation.The target readers are children aged 4 to 8, spanning preschool to lower elementary levels. Three representative emotional picture books were analyzed to examine color use, story structure, character expression, and image-text integration. These findings informed the creative design. In addition, the works of three watercolor artists known for rainy-day themes were studied, with particular attention to their use of light, shadow, and watercolor techniques, which were then applied to the picture book. The book was digitally illustrated while striving to preserve the hand-painted texture and authentic emotional quality to enhance reader connection.This research also integrates theories of children’s emotional development and Social and Emotional Learning (SEL), highlighting picture books as effective tools for emotional education. By addressing the psychological link between climate and emotions, it demonstrates how picture books can help children develop positive strategies for regulation. Ultimately, the project integrates art and education to create a picture book with both educational and literary value, fostering children’s emotional resilience and providing a resource for parent-child reading and teaching practice.