Painting with kids

Bringing out the paints with the kids is so healing. No pressure just stream of consciousness work.  I even sometimes sneak the kid's paintings that they don't want anymore and work on them a bit. It's so fun.

I'm enjoying watercolour painting with felt marker over top. 

Dragons

We did some dragon painting today too. We saw "How to Train your Dragon" on the weekend. The first painting Emery and I collaborated on. Also I used it to demonstrate some painting techniques like wet on wet, adding detail, and colour mixing. Then Emery declared he could make a dragon much scarier than mine, and he proceeded to paint his own version. I think he was right. 

(As a mom and painter this is super exciting. Emery (age 5) rarely draws or paints anything representational. I love his shapes and abstract work, but it's always astounding to see how he can represent the images he sees in his head. He has such a three dimensional sensitivity. It's wonderful to watch him develop!)

Rainy day.

Starting 14 paintings today. It's like an art explosion. This is what happens when I bottle it up way too long. :)