tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11428766.post114290804483222485..comments2023-09-20T04:04:07.170-06:00Comments on A Few Choice Words: All arty and stuff (Now with pictures!!)Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16453489879246452921noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11428766.post-1142992812069707372006-03-21T20:00:00.000-06:002006-03-21T20:00:00.000-06:00I didn't ask her, but she came home all businessli...I didn't ask her, but she came home all businesslike and sure of herself and talking about things you'd use for painting that you wouldn't THINK you'd use for painting (they were a pencil, ruler & magnifying glass).<BR/><BR/>Also, she used an entirely different approach to drawing than she has before, so I'm assuming she had some kind of instruction at school. But she didn't actually mention it.<BR/><BR/>She also took mistakes in stride, erasing the mouth & redrawing it after I thought it was done & looking fine, and also widening the chin because it wasn't wide enough to fit the mouth measurement (taken with the ruler).Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16453489879246452921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11428766.post-1142980568350191562006-03-21T16:36:00.000-06:002006-03-21T16:36:00.000-06:00I love the arty stuff. Thanks!In sixth grade I was...I love the arty stuff. Thanks!<BR/><BR/>In sixth grade I was required to do art while the class had music (so that they did not have to endure my monotone). That has kept me self-conscious about singing - that and being told to pantomime in the children's choir - and it perhaps could have turned me off to art as well. But it didn't. <BR/><BR/>I remember once having a book about children's art in which I learned that the same stages in learning to draw are pretty much followed by children of all cultures. <BR/><BR/>Robin's portrait places your eyes in the center of your face - did she have some instruction or did she actually do that according to sight and measurement?<BR/><BR/>I have a picture book to bring for Robin in which a child makes a mistake in a painting, then turns the mistake into a whole different painting. Remembering Robin's angst when things went wrong (in the old days at least), I thought she might enjoy the story. It has great illustrations and the final painting is bright and beautiful.<BR/><BR/>Oh, this all makes me want so much to spend time with those kids. Last summer seems like ages ago.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com