Aside from my state of wonder at his impeccable sense of humor, which has the power to draw me out of a dismal mood so that I can put on a silly voice to pretend that I am The Count, recently we have been watching, with great interest, as his drawing skills take a huge developmental leap.
His little travel sized drawing board has been a regular companion everywhere from the dining table to car trips and all manner of outings, since we bought it for our Noosa trip back in June.
And in the last month, we've seen his skills progress, the growing dominance of his left hand, carefully constructed grid like patterns emerging, and then experimenting with faces, creatures, and illustrating things he's heard about in stories that his grandparents have read (amusingly often houses. There have been many versions of houses for Glenda the good witch, and Silky the fairy).
Having drawing materials on hand, readily available at a moment's impulse, is helping this to happen (and something inspired by reading Soule Mamma's book). Aside from the little drawing board, we have a stash of recycled paper that I bring home from work (so he gets to see a lot of drawings of buildings), and boxes of toddler friendly textas, crayons and soft aquarelle and other coloured pencils, which live in the cupboard next to our table. Celebrating his output, we have favorite pieces his works blu-tak'd to the wall in the kitchen and bathroom, but many of them are sitting in a piled on the sideboard. I think I may need to get some picture frames.
i love those creature drawings! c's drawing is brilliant for his age. the feelers seem to be a recurring motif. i also find it exciting when my son's drawing style develops. we have lots of dragons and monsters with horns or yoda-esque protusions at the moment! ikea have some inexpensive coloured timber frames with acrylic instead of glass in them that are perfect for kids drawings - i've been meaning to get some too. (they also do a narrow shelf for the wall that you can make ever-changing displays of artworks on)
ReplyDeleteOMG Di, fantastic! They are great achievements, absolutely inspiring and quite beautiful. I am sorry to say Wil shows none of his sister's interest in drawing and having had one child so focused on drawing and writing I rather expected they were all made that way. Try as I might I just can't get my boy interested, so I am doubly impressed by C's efforts. And good on you for doing such a great job facilitating!
ReplyDeletePS just love the tongue poking out in concentration! :)
ReplyDeleteIsn't it fascinating to watch their brains develop from the outside?
ReplyDeleteI know it takes away the 3D-ness of his art, but what about taking photos and showing them on a digital photoframe, or as a screensaver on the PC?
Yes, makes me giggle too!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tip- I was thinking of having a look there. Acrylic instead of glass would be good.
ReplyDeleteIndeed- I'm finding it brings back snippets of memories of when I was a child, discovering things for myself.
ReplyDeleteLike remembering how I used to love drawing highly decorated princess dresses with huge skirts, using some chinagraph pencils (grease pencils) that mum had- they were so smooth to draw with and really intense colour.
these are fantastic, lovely sweet drawings ... I have twins who are 4 1/2. One LOVES to colour and draw ("hotels" with lots of rooms are her present subject) like her big sister and her twin sister could care less. I sneak the little doodles, date them and put them into my drawers to keep. It would be fabulous to use them to create a piece of fabric (much better than a fridge magnet!).
ReplyDeleteHe's astonishingly precocious.
ReplyDeleteI have to admit to disappointment when I discovered my child was stubbornly right handed. I was switched from lefty to righty as a child and I was convinced that my child would be a lefty. Sigh. They are what they are.
Indeed they are (as some of the other comments suggest too!)
ReplyDeleteoh my word - those drawings are incredible!!! we are still swirling blobs of paint around at our house.
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