All 3 of these artist love to do many different art activities. Some of their favorites include paint and pottery. I let them go free with their imagination on how they want their art to be. While many of their pieces may not have the art theory at this point. I mostly want them to feel free to create and love what they do, not do what others love. I usually do the art projects with them and will have links to the adult art section that will have the same project they have done, but with my vision of the project and outcome. We have tried many different art projects at many different ages. I have always taken pictures of them and their art at younger ages so I plan to go back and use some of these projects for posts because I like what they have done. The older pictures may not be as high of quality as the newer projects, but I feel they are noteworthy. For our children's protection, I have created artistic pseudonyms for each of them. So for the time being I picked famous artists names for them, because they are my famous artists in this home.
Michelangelo
Current Age 11
He is probably my artist who likes art the least, mostly because he doesn't like to stay in one place for too long. As a result, his art is usually rushed, but he likes doing it until he is done liking it for the moment. Besides doing some art at home, this cute kid is also a great hip-hop dancer, which he has been doing for over 2 years. He has tried all the different types of dance classes and hip-hop is his favorite. He also plays percussion in his school band. His band teacher says he has natural talent and is really good at keeping the beat when other kids just don't understand. I am sure being good at dance also helps in that area. Honestly, I thought he would quit band after the first month, especially when we went to sign up for his instrument and he said "This is the stupid instrument you want me to play. Why can't I play something cool?" even though I showed him videos of all the instruments to choose from and that was what he picked. Oh the joy of parenting. He is good at all sports and loves to swim, but didn't like doing swim team because swimming back and forth is boring. He definitely likes to keep moving.
Leonardo
Current Age 8
Leonardo is probably the artist here who loves art the most. He will ask to paint on canvas all the time. Even at a very young age we would do abstract paintings and he would be the one who wouldn't want to stop even though he was tired because he wanted it perfect in his eyes and it wasn't to that point yet. Even now for book reports or any school project if he gets the opportunity to do something artistic, he will. The last book report page at school had art options and of course that was what he wanted to do. He choose to draw a scene from the book on a shirt to wear to class. I thought it turned out wonderful for his age. Leonardo also enjoys playing indoor soccer and to ride bikes outside.
Picasso
Current Age 6
Picasso also loves art. She is the one in the house always drawing and coloring pictures. Picasso loves to use her art to make gifts for everyone. We will find plain wooden boxes from the craft room that she decided to paint with a bracelet she made inside of it and a love note from her. She is very sweet and always wanting to make something for everyone. Christmas is a fun time of year with this little girl. Besides making fun creations she also does dance. She has been dancing for over 2 years also. She was the one who asked to dance and then her brother asked to join her on the adventure. She has tried all the different classes as well and loves most of them. I love to watch her do ballet, but her favorite is Acro and Pom and Cheer. The dance place we go to always puts on wonderful shows and I love to watch her do all the dances. The last big performance she did 8 different dances for the show. She has cut back to only 1 class right now because she wants to join Leonardo and do soccer. It will be fun to watch her try it for the first time next week.
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