Up until now, Sam hasn't been too interested in drawing or coloring. And if we do try to paint, he usually just wants to find out what happens when different colors are mixed together. He does like looking at art though, so I'm taking that as a good sign.
I've tried to not pressure him too much to make art, even though I am very interested in seeing what he might create. When he has painted anything or drawn little lines, I've tried to praise whatever he has created without asking him to tell me what the art "means" or what a stroke represents. I'd like to see if he decides to create representational or non-representational art on his own. Only once in a while will he tell tell me that a line is a "tree" or some other object.
However, this past Sunday, Sam was in an artsy mood. We sat down and he drew several pictures of me and him, without any prodding from me. I've never seen him draw anything with this much detail before (or take so much time to draw something), so I feel like I can truly call these Sam's first drawings. He drew six pictures altogether, but these two are my favorites:
This drawing is of me and Sam in a park. (Note the single arc that constitutes my hair. Love it!) The line which separates our bodies and curves around my head is a path. We're walking on the path together.
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These are great--I love how Sam captured the essential elements of the pictures without any training on what art "should" and "shouldn't" look like (I especially like the meandering line for the path). I am reminded of the day we talked about children's art in our primitivism seminar.
cute, M! kids always seem to capture the most important aspects or elements of whatever they're drawing. it's so fun to watch, huh??
Amazing!
Kiersten, I'm sure that my laid-back approach to art (by refraining from asking Sam to discuss what things represent) was directly influenced by our primitivism seminar and that discussion about children's art. I remember talking with Heather (perhaps right after we had that discussion in class) about how she tried to do a similar thing with her daughters. She would try to praise the colors and lines in their pieces, though she sometimes caught herself asking what certain forms were supposed to represent.
That is so precious!
heart it!
How adorable! He'll love seeing those when he's older.
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