Expressive art should not be the only result of children’s spontaneous activities. Children should express themselves even within the activities led by the teacher. Meeting an artist, who supports them in their original creative activities, can deliver an exciting and rewarding experience. The contribution will present the pedagogical projects of the painter Libor Veselý, who has been working with children for a long time, in the context of the conclusions of contemporary research dealing with art education. He passed on his creative experiences to them and empathically supported children’s authentic self-expression.