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February 02, 2006
Studio Friday: Happy Accident!
Last week, I mentioned that I manage to sketch whenever I can during the day, right alongside the boys. We do this indoors and out. I prefer outdoors.
A good workhorse for outdoor drawing is a long masonite slab. Ours holds three sheets of drawing paper in a row: One for me, one for Chas, one for Ford. Ford oftentimes abandons the art for something else: playing cars with drawing/ painting tool "x", playing spaceships with drawing/ painting tool "x", playing Harry Potter with drawing/ painting tool "x". Chas imitates Ford until he sees that I am drawing, at which point he picks up drawing/ painting tool "x" and begins to assist me on the page. We work together for another two to three minutes, and then I stand back and watch.
And here we are: I'm now standing behind the glass, watching the two of them devour the carcass of a clean work station. More performance art than painting, red and black paint are beginning to slosh beyond the edges of the masonite and onto the floor. Within minutes, there will be little red footprints peppering the deck and two naked boys running around the yard like bloody red Banshees. Later, I will be rinsing curly pink hair in the bathtub and scraping petechia-red gunk out from underneath longish nails as they watch *tv.
But wait! There are more studios to see here.
* tv is handy for: trimming nails, cutting hair, brushing teeth, taking measurements, but not much else.
Posted by Steph at February 2, 2006 11:26 AM
Comments
wonderful image...energetic and playful!
kindly,
heidi
Posted by: heidi at February 3, 2006 04:22 PM
this looks like a fantastic creative endeavour
Posted by: kathreen at February 4, 2006 06:21 AM
I love this photo...this would be an amazing pic to scrapbook.
a.
Posted by: andrea at February 5, 2006 06:05 PM
What a beautiful photo!! You captured the essence of a happy childhood! Reminds me of myself and my brother when we were little. Those times we sat in puddles and jumped through them and were right in teh midst of things were the best! :-)
Posted by: tine at February 6, 2006 08:26 PM
Thank you!
I really enjoy watching them make a mess, I hope they always can feel so uninhibited.
Posted by: steph at February 7, 2006 03:30 PM
What a lovely post! Inspiring!
Posted by: tempestdelfuego at February 10, 2006 03:04 PM