Vera’s artwork never fails to bring a smile to my face, especially her recent ones…
We do leaf prints from time to time. One day, she transformed her red leaf print into a strawberry, just by adding black dots with a pencil.
Another day, I returned home from work to find this. Her portrait of our family, with Javier, herself (with the long crazy hair), and…little baby Joshua! I was most surprised to find that she is already including baby #3 into the mix…I take it to mean that she just can’t wait to welcome him into the family. 
I love her colours… (Left: “hairy” fireworks. Right: colourful ice-cream cones filled with purple and yellow rolled-up paper tissue, and topped with a Cornetto-style cover.)
Finally, this drawing of herself, with long earrings (yes she’s girly like that), and rainbows and flowers - just a handful of her favourite things. It now hangs on our family photo wall in our master bedroom.
I know I sound like “proud mama” all over this post, but I can’t help it.
These may not be Picasso, but they are lovely works by the hands of my little girl. Through the bright colours and happy expressions on her drawings, I see her joy and zest for life.
I can also recall three things I learnt from an art workshop long ago. [Read: Every child can draw]
- There are only two areas where a child can be free and enjoy full control. One of them is play, the other is art.
- A supportive environment is all you need to help grow your child’s interest in art.
- Allow your child to enjoy the creative process, and refrain from judging the outcome.
I’ve never placed much expectations or pressure on her to colour well, or to draw something neatly, or to paint a logical scene. To the adult eye, her art may come across messy and unrefined, but I enjoy hearing her talk about her work, her craft, and seeing how proud she is of them.
I hope to cheer her little passion for art on simply by being there…and by allowing her to make her own choices and explore freely with different materials/medium.
May the creativity and imagination of our children thrive. And may we adults learn to never hinder, judge or discourage this beautiful process.
This is the post #6 of the Little Lessons series – because as parents we are always learning with and from our children. If you want to follow the entire series, you’ll find each new post listed here every week.
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Hi June… didn’t get a chance to link up this week… been a crazy week with my little one falling ill. Your Vera has really an insightful eye to see that strawberry in the leaf print. And I really like her hairy fireworks… I would definitely consider that one pretty frameable too!
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Hey Serene, hope your little one is feeling better already. I like her hairy fireworks too! Now I just need to find some more wall space to hang more of her art pieces, and JJ’s too…so he doesn’t feel left out.