Brenna's new drawings

[vaneramos]

I almost forgot I wanted to post a scan of one of the wonderful drawings Brenna has done in the past couple days.

It started when Sylvie and Sarah came over for dinner on Tuesday. Later on Sarah asked for some drawing materials, and I got out my box of art pencils. Brenna was impressed with what she did and has done seven drawings since then. This is the one we both like best. It is about actual size.

I didn't let the girls use my art pencils when they were younger, for fear of them getting lost and broken. Now that is going to change. Brenna especially likes working with the pencils which have a charcoal texture because they blend so nicely. I love the effect, but can't stand working with them myself; it gives me the same feeling as fingernails on a blackboard.



© Brenna L. Waffle, 2003

Comments

[mylastsigh.livejournal.com]

it is beautiful.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Brenna says, "COOL!"

[quirkstreet.livejournal.com]

I'm not a trained artist or anything, but that seems to have a strong sense of design and color. Which, yes, is beautiful.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Brenna: "COOL!"

Dad: Yes, she does have a good sense of design and colour.

[murg.livejournal.com]

Awww, thats so great!! I love it... The teal greens and yellow together look delicious! You've got a lil' creative monster :)

I know what you mean about the chalky fingers, isn't it horrible?? Chalk, pastels and charcoal all do that to my fingers. *Squirm!*

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Brenna: "COOL!"

Marian: "Chalk, pastels and charcoals are my favourite!"

[murg.livejournal.com]

*Giggle* I bet she loves oil paints too then? Any excuse to be messy. ;)

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

The teal greens and yellow together look delicious!

Brenna adds, "If you bit into the paper I don't think it would taste very good."

[murg.livejournal.com]

*Giggle*

Think of the fibre, it's really good for you!

[art-thirst.livejournal.com]

My goodness, another child artist! One thing I love about children's drawings in the freedom (to make a mistake) and the spontaneity of the mark making, arbitrary color choices and ability to express themselves without prodding.

I love to use soft chalk-type materials then smear them, blend them, redraw into them, and used selective erasure. I normally don't normally do an overall coloring of the paper though. I've been urged to do some sumi ink drawings after looking at chrisglass posting recentlyabout calligraphy and a tea ceremony.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Brenna: "COOL!"

I thought Brenna already had a sense of colour theory, but when I asked she agreed with you that she picked the colours without thinking about them. Looking at the other six drawings, I would say she has pretty good intuition.

[jaique.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's great!

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Brenna: "COOL!"

[danthered.livejournal.com]

Gracious me, what a wonderful drawing! It reminds me of the work of accomplished Colorado artist Joyce Coco, and at the same time evinces mischievous hints of Picasso. I like it a lot.

I can certainly sympathise with the fingernails-on-chalkboard problem of using that type of art pencil (or chalk, or charcoal, etc.). Have you heard of Prang's new soybean crayons? They claim to have a texture completely different to regular wax crayons, which allows pencil-type blending but without the scratchy working texture. I haven't had a chance to try them yet.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Brenna says, "Soybean pencils?"

I haven't heard of them either. I'll have to try them. I have worked almost exclusively with coloured pencils since I started doing art again five years ago. Have you seen my drawings? A few are posted here.

[danthered.livejournal.com]

Hey, no fair, where's my "COOL!"? 8^{>}

Soybean crayons, actually, though I don't know what would stop them making them in pencil form.

Your drawings are stellar. They stoke up my constant low-level wish for more artistic ability.