With my 3-year-old grandson’s third masterpiece, I see a pattern in his approach to painting. (See William’s First Masterpiece of the Day, It’s About Process) When he asks me, “Shall we paint,” he is not just talking about applying paint to paper. He likes the whole experience, from choosing the colors with which to paint, […]
It is so interesting trying to see how a 3-year-old’s mind works. Almost as soon arrived for our visit, Will, my grandson asked me: “Shall we paint?” I posted his first masterpiece yesterday. He wanted to paint another one immediately. I asked if he wanted the ‘big paper’ (12×9) or ‘little paper’ (9×6). He chose the little […]
We’re down here in Burbank visiting the kids. I brought my art materials to keep up with my daily paintings. I was prepared to steal some time by myself to fulfill my goal of posting my original artwork every day, but Will asked if we could paint. I was so happy that he remembered painting together […]
I took the photo below last time I in Burbank. It is a view looking down past my stomach at my grandson William. He is not old enough to be wistful, he just wanted to go outside. I, on the other hand was feeling pangs…
William, my grandson loves to paint in watercolors. He actually loves the water most of all, I think. He keeps dipping his paintbrush into the water well after the paper is saturated. As his mentor, and in his best interest, I eventually had to put the ‘clean’ water dish out of his reach. After he […]
I introduced my grandson, William, to watercolors today. Being 2+ years old, he has an affinity to water. My role in guiding his creativity was to minimize splashing, and applying a dab with a paper towel to the unavoidable water slicks on the table. I was surprised that he covered the entire surface of the paper, […]
Today’s watercolor experiment: I visited the Norton Simon Museum today. What a treat to see Van Goghs, Cezannes, Degas, Klees, Kandinskys, Matisses and works of other legendary artists in person! I was hoping to see a Jawlensky portrait on display, but there was only one landscape of his on display. It was still wonderful to […]
Today’s watercolor experiment: Today I worked from my imagination. I know that I have my grandson William’s features in my head. I tried to lay them out with watercolors. I need a better interface between my head and my hands, it seems. I did not intend the pencil marks to indicate a beard, although that is […]
Today’s experiment: I have the wonderful opportunity to practice drawing and painting my grandson in his presence! I am not used to drawing from life, relying instead on photographs. It is quite a different experience. William is always in motion. As I am just getting the correct contour of his forehead in profile, he faces […]
Today’s watercolor experiment: Today I gave my grandson, Will a drawing lesson. Being 2.5 years old, it didn’t take long for him to loosen up. At first he just scribbled in one corner of the paper, but when I showed him how to draw a big circle, he took to it like a duck to […]
