Drawing and painting are possiblythe number one activity
that my children turn to
when they are at home.
Above is a drawing of a house by Em.
This, by Hero, shows a flying saucer carrying a lot of butterflies
crossing the Red Sea
on a stormy day.
This again is Em's illustrationfor the story she wrote:
Hero's kindergarten hosts an annual art exhibition of the children.
This was Hero's masterpiece for the exhibition this year,
showing a car on a rainy day driving on the sea.
This car, is to be invented by him at some point in the future,
I am told.
For that annual exhibition,
three years ago,
Em also drew something related to a rainy day.
It shows how a hole in the roof of a house is causing water to drip in.
And finally...
not a painting,
but a note that was left by Hero on my bedside table:
Please can I have [a] toy aeroplane on Saturday if I behave, Mumma[?]
Hero's kindergarten hosts an annual art exhibition of the children.This was Hero's masterpiece for the exhibition this year,
showing a car on a rainy day driving on the sea.
This car, is to be invented by him at some point in the future,
I am told.
For that annual exhibition,three years ago,
Em also drew something related to a rainy day.
It shows how a hole in the roof of a house is causing water to drip in.
And finally...not a painting,
but a note that was left by Hero on my bedside table:
Please can I have [a] toy aeroplane on Saturday if I behave, Mumma[?] 
12 comments:
Hello, happy birthday to you !
The first draw of Em can be the one of a pupil here, the grass, the tree, the house, the rabbit... I have to change my sketches:
I thought children could have other patterns in your land, palm trees, more trees perhaps? very colored birds...
In fact, children living in 19 stages houses without garden also draw the same...
Where does this universal pattern come from ? from children books ?
When I was young, I thought I was unable to draw anything else than a house with one door an two or four windows, with flowers, road, two trees (one being a fir !), and not even a rabbit ! And not so pretty, of course, for markers and waxpencils didn't exist...
I would love to live in a world with rainbow trees and butterfly-carrying spaceships! Fantastic that they are so encouraged to express themselves creatively... it's a gift.
I've enjoyed catching up with your posts. As ever a great combination of beautiful and heartfelt and thought-provoking - thank you!
You're probably off choosing an aeroplane right now... hope that goes well ;)
happy birthday a day late! Love their paintings and stories. So did you get Hero his airplane?
Like Kendalee I am enchanted by the ideas of rainbow and butterfly trees (glad they resolved their agrument) and butterfly space ships. Wonderful creative minds. May they keep that spark of artistic genious and use it all their lives.
i will be truly disappointed if he didn't get the plane.
omg Mashallah!!! Beautiful...I especially love the rainbow tree..it made my heart smile! I am having a rather bad day so I needed it :)
thank you, beautiful, for the birthday wishes :)
A world of rainbow trees and butterfly filled flying saucers is a wonderful place to be:) The imagination of children always astounds me...
That is marvelous, orange houses and future cars and rainbow trees and all... Thank you for sharing your creative geniuses with us.
such treasures ..kept close to the heart and you are such a good momma!!
Oh wonderful! yes little geniuses and what incredible imagination. They sound like such happy kids. Oh... and I love your new header!
Take care sweet Kamana.
Awwwww! You are absolutely right - geniuses, indeed! I love what children see and notice. I love how they view everything around them - with fresh eyes.
I adore the art that children create....it is so vibrant and free. I used to teach elem school and I miss seeing it. Thank you for sharing. The story of the two trees is delightful.
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