I've
been meaning to scan in and blog up my kids' artwork. Mostly because
Sara so often surprises me with the kind of work she can produce. She's
very careful and meticulous and does amazing things with drawing and
cutting. She loves it and she's good at it too. Looks like we have an
artist on our hands! Unfortunately, I didn't record the dates on a lot
of these. But I believe they were all done in the last 12 months?
The
drawing above was done by Sara. The composition is really nice! But I
was particularly impressed with the little figure up on the right, with
the frown and the arms and legs. I haven't taught her any of this
stuff she's doing, so she's just watching and learning from what mom and
dad do and from the books we read.
These next two are Nora's. I
taught her how to draw a jellyfish, and she went crazy. Her first
drawings, which I can't find, were gorgeous and carefully done. But
this is her usual drawing style as of late...wild and crazy with big
motions. Totally Nora!
These
little pink ones by Sara are really interesting. Those two on the left
are side profiles. One of a woman, and the other of a.....alien?
Haha, I don't know. Nora did all of the writing.
I
think this is my favorite of Nora's so far. She said that those were
tiger stripes (and you'll notice the vertical lines for the paws), and
that this is of "Rachel and Nora and Sara with one leg". She has a
thing for Calvin and Hobbes, so she *often* draws tiger stripes all over
her body. She was about 3 and a half here.
And
this shows a couple of my favorites from Sara. That caterpillar with
the leaf was inspired by an illustration from Ladybug Magazine. When I
saw this I recognized it instantly. I just LOVE that she's looking at
other drawings, and remembering them and being influenced by art! And
aren't those little faces on the bottom AWESOME!?!?
Here
is Sara mimicking Nora's jellyfish drawing (on the bottom), and then
she also drew that cat at the top. Totally her--no instructions from me
whatsoever. She was almost 2 and a half here.
Some
fun coloring by Sara back in October. I love that she didn't just
stick to one color, but filled in some of the shapes with this splashy
color. Really cool!
I think this drawing marked the first time I thought: Wow! That's really amazing! Really, she wasn't even 2 yet!
And
here are some more cute faces by Sara. She was about a month shy of
3. I love the little house in the middle of the page, with windows.
And
Nora and Sara worked on this one together. This wasn't intended to be
art at all; they were just playing with paint. But it's kind of nice,
no? And this is what Sara did today (on the right). This is a drawing
of "Amber with her long hair and the ocean all around her." The thing
is, she drew this upside down, so that it would be right-side-up for the
rest of us. Kind of amazing, huh? I think so.
Maybe
someday we'll all be painting in the studio together, Sara sitting at
an easel and Nora throwing paint from the top of a ladder (; Love it!
