Sunday, February 12, 2012

Artistic Ability passed from Father to Daughter

We had the family over for dinner yesterday.  We hadn't done that since before Christmas and we felt like it was about time.  We always enjoy it.  Of course, Erin and Jill were all over the house doing their own thing.  Pretending to be horses, dogs, cats,daughters; drawing on the computer, cutting up paper and drawing pictures.
They are both very creative and talented.  I love that Mark and Kim instill creativity in them teaching them all their crafts and encouraging them to be creative on their own.  Erin and Jill both show tremendous talent.

Jillian sat down at the desk and said she was going to draw a bird and Erin said "Jill draws great birds!".  And, she was right.  Jill drew this bird flying to her nest in the tree.  Notice the detail.  Worm in mouth, hole in tree, branches with nest, and the grass at bottom of page snipped with scissors to look like blades of grass.  I'm not so sure about the "Jade" name, I'm thinking maybe it's a Blue Jay.  But the 'bird naming' in parenthesis and the whole scene seems to me to be pretty darn good for a 6 year old Kindergartner!  Of course, I'm a little biased.

2 comments:

Mary Lynn's Blog said...

This explains why, when I judged the art contest on the sidewalk, Erin & Jill won the Juror's award, and you didn't win anything. Got it?

Mark said...

I'm impressed by the way the worm drapes over the lower part of the beak.