Kid Art

V paints with brushes & her hand prints

V:  "I'm making polka-dots!"

V really gets into painting.  She always starts off using paint brushes but quickly moves on to using her fingers and then her whole hand.  If nothing distracts or interrupts her, she'll produce more than a half dozen little masterpieces in one painting session.

L:  "I'm drawing a ghost."

We've been painting with washable tempera and watercolor paints.  A while back, I purchased some kiddie paint smocks from Ikea and they've turned out to be the perfect size for the kids.  They really help keep their clothing clean while still allowing the kids to really get quite messy.

A couple of L's best paintings

One of the best things about L's works of art is asking him about them.  One of his favorite things to paint or draw is water.  He's produced several waterfall, river, ocean, and just plain water paintings.  Sometimes he will make up words for what he's painting and then he'll explain to me what his invented word means.  Often he'll have a whole story to tell about what he has painted.