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

[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.