I visited a friend's home this past weekend and noticed a couple of beautiful pieces of art in the living room- she informed me they were painted by her daughter at age two and three. What a great idea and wonderful way to commemorate the passing of a year. Kieran hasn't been too terribly interested in coloring or painting so far- but we hold out hope that a love for art will grow in our transportation obsessed toddler. We have offered Kieran crayons and markers and a variety of coloring pages- mostly with trains- of course. And although he has worked a little here and there on these "art projects" he hasn't seemed terribly enthused. After having seen my friend's child's art though, I thought I would give it another try- I really want to have a keepsake piece of art from Kieran.
In thinking about the color of our soon-to-be new living room wall, a dark chocolate, I thought a vibrant green would really pop. I bought two pre-fab canvases and prepped them with a warm yellow green background. I brought Kieran to school with me today, set out a few different color acrylic paints, handed him a brush and stepped back...
Artist at work and in motion...
Stepping back to survey the work so far...
Using his left hand... although he started out with his right hand!
Trying out a different tool- his hands!
Blending colors- by hand ;)
Lifting some color and adding texture with a paper towel
"Eeewwws!" This is a new phrase of Kieran's... too cute! Whenever his hands are dirty now, he holds them up to me so that I can clean them off but if I'm not available right at that moment, his shirt works too!
Kieran working on his second painting- going for warmer, lighter colors in this one.
The final two works of art... It think they will look awesome over the fireplace on that chocolate wall- don't you?!
In thinking about the color of our soon-to-be new living room wall, a dark chocolate, I thought a vibrant green would really pop. I bought two pre-fab canvases and prepped them with a warm yellow green background. I brought Kieran to school with me today, set out a few different color acrylic paints, handed him a brush and stepped back...
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They look great, and he looks like he had so much fun! I had a friend who did the same thing. She actually had her son paint using various toy cars/trucks of different sizes. She put paint on a paper plate and then had them get paint on the wheels and then zoom the car across the canvas. That way they barely know they are painting :) With his love of all things transportation, he might like that!
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