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28.12.11 - Painting at the park

This is the first time we are doing painting in the park. I loaned him my artists watercolour paints, palette and paintbrush. I find that it makes a whole lot of difference in the result of his painting when he uses professional materials.

He drew an army tank in the forest

I verbally guided him on how to paint. This is using wet-on-wet watercolour. He painted the sky by painting water all over the sky area, then dabbing blue paint on top.

Dabbing green paint for leaves. I taught him to observe the trees in the park. He was surprised to see that the trees have specks of orange, yellow and light green leaves, instead of just being flat green. This is the first time he is painting using this method of dabbing. It reminds me of the pointilism method of painting. He seems to have a flair for it. I will teach him pointilism when he is older.

He seems to have fairly good control of the brush

"Army tank in the forest" in watercolour, by S (5 years 3 months)

5.11.11 - Drawing and painting fishes

I had brought my art materials to Melaka and was trying to complete my painting when it got hijacked by the boys. E drew a picture of a large fish and both the boys painted it together. They decided to draw fishes after learning about fishes at Melaka Coral Wonderland

Drawn by E (3.5 years old) painted by both the boys

E drew a tankful of fishes.

Barracuddas drawn by E. Some of the fishes are talking to each other. Notice the speech bubbles?

S (5 years, 2 months) drew 2 fishes talking to teach other.

4.8.11: Watercolour painting in Penang

I sat at the Tanjung Bungah beach and drew the landscape in pencil. When the sun came out, it was too hot to sit at the beach, so I decided to paint in the hotel. However, my art materials got hijacked by the boys.