Should we let her do a wall mural next?

She is painting the drawing Otto left on the easel.

She couldn't reach but solved that problem herself.

hand-me-downs

it was an intense drawing session

pretzels and chalk

while we waited for the pretzels to rise, he got to try out chalk for the first time.

"this is good," he said.

it was little like tagging

last minute christmas project

stampy stamp

"this owl right here. come see," he said. "come see me drawl."

a new view

day two at the desk

"these are the green ones, that i don't need to keep," he said.

"making a wonderful drawling," he said.

asking for rainbows

he likes it when i write out names for him. he writes over them himself and colors in the spaces in the letters. he also asks for rainbows. he has almost all the names for the colors figured out.

in the studio

heatwave and after

SOME LITTLE BLUE a painting installation in the shower

the following clip, taken from documentary footage, shows the young artist in the act of creation.


the earnest young artist explains the theory behind his workand humbly accepts the accolades.

Josef Albers for toddlers: beginning color theory

he is starting to learn the names of the colors. (thought mostly things are blue or red, if you ask him.) mama with her art school education mixed him up some colors of play dough.
it is like a color wheel to he can play with and oh, the blending possiblies. there is even a square cookie cutter if he wants to duplicate Homage to the Square.

my left shoe

this was taken by the little man himself. we have been playing with the camera for a while now. he has been taking a lot of random shots, figuring out the shutterbutton or looking at the display.
but this time, it all came together. he lined up his foot in the display and then press the shutter button. bravo!

in the studio

our pantry, just off the kitchen, i put away dishes he scribbles with crayons.