Thursday, April 19, 2012

ART WITH AN ALMOST 4 YEAR OLD

LOVE LOVE THIS PHOTO AND THE ONE I WILL SHOW AT THE END OF THIS POST. THIS SWEET LITTLE GIRL AND I ARE LEARNING ABOUT ART TOGETHER. SHE LOVES CRAYONS, COLORED PENCILS, PAINTS AND LOVES MY SHARPIES. WE TALK ABOUT COLORS AND I TELL HER HOW HAPPY ART AND COLOR CAN MAKE YOU FEEL. SHE IS GETTING FRUSTRATED AT NOT BEING ABLE TO MAKE FLOWERS AND HEARTS THAT LOOK LIKE MINE. I TELL HER THERE IS NO RIGHT WAY AND THAT I PRACTICE ALL THE TIME AND SHE CAN TOO. I DON'T WANT HER FEELING DISCOURAGED WHEN IT COMES TO ART, WANT HER TO CONTINUE ENJOYING IT AND NOT WORRY ABOUT IT BEING PERFECT AND RIGHT BUT TO FEEL THE JOY IT CAN GIVE YOU AND TO JUST PLAY. I'M STILL LEARNING THIS AND I DON'T WANT HER TO STRUGGLE AS I STILL AM ON SOME DAYS. SO I'M DOING MY BEST TO ENCOURAGE HER AND INSPIRING HER WITH NEW WAYS TO MAKE ART, THE KIND THAT CAN BE MESSY AND FUN AND NOT JUST ABOUT DRAWING THE PERFECT SHAPE OR LETTER. HANDS DOWN ABSTRACT ART IS MY FAVORITE KIND OF ART, NO RULES THERE IT'S ALL ABOUT HAVING FUN. WE WILL KEEP COLORING AND SCRIBBLING AND DRAWING BUT ALSO MAKING TIME FOR FUN ART AND MAYBE IF SHE'S READY AND WILLING THIS SUMMER WE WILL START HER FIRST ART JOURNAL. I LOVE THIS IDEA AND THAT SHE WILL START SO YOUNG, I KNOW OTHERS HAVE DONE IT AND MY OLDEST LOVED ART OF ALL KINDS AT THE AGE OF 2 SO I THINK SHE'S READY. WE ENJOYED DOING SOME OF THE FUN ART THIS WEEK AND SHE WAS SOOOOO HAPPY ABOUT IT. THESE WILL BE MY FAVE PICTURES FOR SURE THIS WEEK, LOVE LOVE THIS GIRL AND THAT WE ARE HAVING FUN!!
SHE LOVES MY PUNCHERS AND MAKING LOTS OF HEARTS. WE EVEN ADDED A LITTLE MATH INTO THIS PROJECT, THESE HEARTS MAKE HER HAPPY AND THAT'S WHAT COUNTS. LOOK HOW SHE DREW EVERYONE'S NAMES, MY HEART IS FULL OF JOY AGAIN JUST LOOKING AT THESE.
HOORAY FOR DRAWING HEARTS, SEE THEM IN PINK ON THE LEFT AND HER LITTLE PERSON. SHE TOOK ANOTHER PAGE HOME WITH REALLY CUTE HEARTS ON IT.
WE STARTED COLLAGING. LOVE LOVE THIS WITH HER. MINE IS THE RIGHT AND HERS THE LEFT. THIS MADE HER CONFUSED AT FIRST THEN SHE LOVD IT AND LKED JUST ADDING THEM ONTOP OF ANOTHER. LAYERS SHE IS LEARNING LAYERS!!
MORE COLLAGE AND LAYERS, SHE LIKED THIS AND THEN WE STAMPED ON THEM. STAMPS GOT HER EXCITED AND WE PLAYED. I THINK SHE LOVES GLUE BY THE WAY, ANYTHING WITH GLUE IS THE TRICK I FIGURED OUT.
SEE HER LAYERS UNDERNEATH, SHE LIKED DOING THAT AND I TOLD HER IT A COLLAGE AND HOW IT CAN BE ANYWAY YOU WANT IT TO BE. NO RULES
THEN I THOUGHT OF STAMPS AND HOW EASY THOSE ARE. SHE KNEW WHAT THEY WERE ALREADY BECAUSE MY MOMMY HAS THEM SHE SAID. SO WE HAD FUN WITH THESE AND I THINK WE WILL BE DOING THIS A LOT NOW. ADDED SOME PAPER TAPE AND NOW I LOOOOVE THESE PAGES. MINE IS THE LEFT SIDE HERS THE RIGHT SIDE.
ALL THESE COLORS MADE ME HAPPY AND I TOLD HER THAT ALSO. SO ALL THAT IN AN HOUR. JUST ME AND HER HAVING FUN WITH ART AND MY OTHER FAVE PHOTO
I TOLD HER THESE WERE ARTIST HANDS AND THAT BEING MESSY IS GOOD AND SHOWS HOW MUCH SHE PLAYED AND WORKED HARD TO CREATE. I WILL HAVE TO FRAME THIS ONE I THINK AND THIS SUMMER WHEN I GET HER FIRST ART JOURNAL THIS PICTURE WILL GO ON THE FIRST PAGE. THANK YOU DEAR SIENNA FOR TEACHING ME AS MUCH AS I'M TEACHING YOU, HOPE YOUR LIFE WILL ALWAYS HAVE COLOR AND ART IN IT. LOVE YOU SWEETIE!!






10 comments:

  1. This is probably one of my favourite posts, it gave me the hugest smile. She is very lucky that someone as passionate and happy as you are about art is teaching her. These will be such precious memories... lucky you.
    love me :-)

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    1. Hi Tracey,
      Thanks so much for all you do to help keep me inspired. I'm glad you liked this, thought most of my readers would. I'm taking a different teaching way this time around since I didn't with my own kids, always thought my way wasn't good enough, this time it will be better!!
      Thanks for your sweet words! HUGS!

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  2. Looks like so much fun! good for you for teaching her a love of art! xo

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    1. Bonita, so glad you saw this today. Hoped you'd like the collage part, that is what I get from you and want to pass down to her. Just throw pretty things on a paper and enjoy the process. She did enjoy it.
      Thanks for the kind words! HUGS!

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  3. Hi Dawn!

    Such a sweet post. I love that you are teaching her art and that anything goes and that you are incorporating some math in there. That is the mom in you! I think her own art journal would be an awesome idea for the summer. What a treasure for her later in life. You could take a copy of the picture above and mod podge it to the cover of the journal?! That would be cute!

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    1. Becki, you came today, yea!! I know you totally get this since you do this with Bailey. Hoping she will continue to love art thru her life and make lots of fun things to show me. I am going to use tha photo of her hands for the cover, it will be extra special. Thanks for the nice comments! HUGS!

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  4. I can see that you had a fabulous time with her. She must have loved the entire craft time with you and Dawn what you said about learning from each other is so true. Even we are led to learning so much from these tiny tots, I've experienced it a lot. I love the coincidence that happens with our posts. I'm showing a sketch book made for my son and here you're talking about an journal for your little niece:-) I'm sure she is going to love it. The weather is now all set for you right/ Have a great evening dear friend
    Susan

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    1. Susan, this was too funny to see our posts kinda matched today. I tried writing my post last night but the words just weren't right so finally this morning I got it done.
      We do learn a lot from them, that's what got me this couple weeks. I'm so glad I can show her many ways to enjoy art and to have some that are fun and messy. I'm excited to start her own journal and hope she will like it. The perfect thing to do outside this summer. Thanks for the encourging comments. Have a great weekend! HUGS!

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  5. Awe this is so awesome! I love her art!!

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  6. Aimee, you must be feeling better to be here,YEA!!
    Thank you dear friend. I love her art too!!

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