"What's for the snack sack?" he asked this time!
"I don't know. You tell me."
"The Flintstones." I had introduced him to The Flintstones and The Jetsons on YouTube earlier this week. He'd never seen either cartoon. I ran a search and handed him my iPhone. He looked at options for a minute, then changed his mind. "Actually, Yogi again." I ran a new search and he picked another Yogi scene quickly. "This one!" he yelled.
"Looks good." Yesterday we had drawn a funny scene of Yogi and Boo-Boo running from Park Ranger Smith.
He sat next to me while I drew today. We had a long discussion about art and drawing. "How are you such a good drawer?! What you do...it looks exactly, I mean exactly, like it."
"Just a lot of practice, Victor. I've gotten better with time. I'm more confident now. Before I used to..."
He completed my sentence, "...get worried you'd make a big mistake."
"Yeah. I'd be worried the whole time that I'd make a big mistake and mess it all up. But now I don't worry as much. And I still make plenty of mistakes..."
He continued for me, "...but they can't tell because it's a big drawing."
"Yeah. You can always fix mistakes."
He watched me carefully as I drew the cabin. He studied my lines and the choices I made about the order in which I drew it. "You're the best drawer I've ever seen."
"What about your art teacher?" I asked, deflecting the compliment. His school has a part time art teacher that comes to his class once every few weeks I believe.
"She does easy stuff. You do hard stuff."
"Yeah, but that's probably because she's doing easy stuff with you guys since you're kids."
"No. She does easy stuff."
"Maybe you should ask her to show you her own art. I'm sure it's good."
"Okay. Next time I'll ask her. But you're the best artist I've seen."
"Thanks, Buddy." I was done. All that was left was to add his name.
"May I do my name?"
"Sure."
"Have you done my name as flames?"
"Yup."
"Can you do it?"
"No. You do it."
"Can you tell me how?"
"I think you know how."
"How about I draw some logs, and a fire, and then my name is part of the smoke?"
"Sounds good." I knew he knew what he wanted. He's always creative and very specific when he asks for the Sharpie. He did a good job of adding a campfire that wasn't in the original reference and creatively adding his letters to the smoke. His artistic ability is improving and I couldn't be prouder of him!
"I don't know. You tell me."
"The Flintstones." I had introduced him to The Flintstones and The Jetsons on YouTube earlier this week. He'd never seen either cartoon. I ran a search and handed him my iPhone. He looked at options for a minute, then changed his mind. "Actually, Yogi again." I ran a new search and he picked another Yogi scene quickly. "This one!" he yelled.
"Looks good." Yesterday we had drawn a funny scene of Yogi and Boo-Boo running from Park Ranger Smith.
He sat next to me while I drew today. We had a long discussion about art and drawing. "How are you such a good drawer?! What you do...it looks exactly, I mean exactly, like it."
"Just a lot of practice, Victor. I've gotten better with time. I'm more confident now. Before I used to..."
He completed my sentence, "...get worried you'd make a big mistake."
"Yeah. I'd be worried the whole time that I'd make a big mistake and mess it all up. But now I don't worry as much. And I still make plenty of mistakes..."
He continued for me, "...but they can't tell because it's a big drawing."
"Yeah. You can always fix mistakes."
He watched me carefully as I drew the cabin. He studied my lines and the choices I made about the order in which I drew it. "You're the best drawer I've ever seen."
"What about your art teacher?" I asked, deflecting the compliment. His school has a part time art teacher that comes to his class once every few weeks I believe.
"She does easy stuff. You do hard stuff."
"Yeah, but that's probably because she's doing easy stuff with you guys since you're kids."
"No. She does easy stuff."
"Maybe you should ask her to show you her own art. I'm sure it's good."
"Okay. Next time I'll ask her. But you're the best artist I've seen."
"Thanks, Buddy." I was done. All that was left was to add his name.
"May I do my name?"
"Sure."
"Have you done my name as flames?"
"Yup."
"Can you do it?"
"No. You do it."
"Can you tell me how?"
"I think you know how."
"How about I draw some logs, and a fire, and then my name is part of the smoke?"
"Sounds good." I knew he knew what he wanted. He's always creative and very specific when he asks for the Sharpie. He did a good job of adding a campfire that wasn't in the original reference and creatively adding his letters to the smoke. His artistic ability is improving and I couldn't be prouder of him!
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