My Little Artist (ar-teest)

A while back Pacen told me he wants to start painting. It took me by surprise. My son is very outdoorsy...a rough, wild, dirty little boy who normally can't sit still for more than half a second. You don't believe me? Try sitting on the couch with him to watch a movie, or taking a road trip with him, or sleeping in the same bed as him (it is dangerous and harmful and I end up covered in bruises)! He seriously cannot sit still at all! It's just the way he is, and there is nothing I can do about it...well, maybe there is but it's not good practice to duct tape your children to a chair. :)

So, due to the fact that Pacen is so squirmy, I've never thought of him as being the kind to sit down and paint a picture. He likes to draw, but he does that at school, when he has to try and sit still. When he's home it's play time...not sit still time. Anyway, decided I would let him give painting a shot. Why not? It's good to feed the creativity of children. To help them use their imaginations and do something constructive with what is running around in their little heads. So, I bought Pacen an easel, some canvas, paints, brushes, and pretty much everything a little boy would need in order to paint a masterpiece.

All the supplies sat around for a bit due to the fact that Pacen and I have crazy schedules this time of year, but the time finally arrived...it was a beautiful evening and we didn't have anything going on, so I set everything up on the front porch and my little artist (I think I'll pronounce it ar-teest) painted his first masterpiece. He painted a picture of a motocross rider going up a hill. It turned out pretty good!

Such a serious little painter. (Ignore the x-mas lights...I took them down later that day.)

Wow! Such concentration! :) He's probably thinking, "Mom! Knock it off!"

The final product!

"The creative is the place where no one else has ever been. You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover is yourself." ~ Alan Alda