The other day in school, Brooke had an assembly about Van Gogh. During the assembly, the presenter talked a lot about the “Starry Night” painting.
Brooke came home that day and drew her own “Starry Night”:
I love it. I love how she caught on to the colors and the swirls that Van Gogh used.
On Sunday she showed us this picture that she drew during her Primary class:
Forgiveness has never seemed so creepy.
It was time for the ward Christmas party and Rebecca asked me to take the pictures again this year.
I’ve been storing up kid artwork for a while, so here’s a post dedicated to our aspiring artists/graphic novelists.
Brooke’s school papers continue to be used (for better or for worse) as her sketch pad:
Holidays bring out her creativity:
She saw our bananas and couldn’t resist giving them a little personality:
And then we have the endless doodles and comics she draws on every scrap of paper she can find:
Caroline isn’t quite as prolific of an artist, but she does do cute drawings as well:
Spencer enjoys drawing also. Here we have a self portrait:
Another child who can’t resist doodling at school:
Spencer went through a phase where he was really into flags. He’d look up pictures of different flags and recreate them in miniature:
Lately Madison has been joining the artistic ranks.
Madison drew this one in church. Her friend Norah is sad, so she’s giving Norah a doll to make her happy:
This princess got caught in a rainstorm and wasn’t happy:
Madison brought this paper home from preschool. I was shocked at the adorableness of that zebra and had to text her preschool teacher to see if Madison actually drew that. Turns out she did draw it all by herself. It’s especially surprising how good her zebra is when you compare it to the other two animal blobs beside it.
One day we played Pictionary as a family. We told Madison she could draw whatever she wanted. The category was “animal.” She drew this:
After guessing every animal we could think of we finally asked Madison what it was. Her response? A giraffe. I continue to chuckle to myself every time I think of her neckless giraffe.
One application that doesn’t get enough use in our house is Photo Booth. Whenever it’s used raucous laughter reigns. I’ve included both the original picture and the Photo Boothed one. It’s up to you to figure out which one is real life…
November 14, 2012 @ 10:45 am
Brooke always amazes me with her creativity and her artwork. Love the swirls as well.
November 14, 2012 @ 11:59 am
I love the starry night!
The forgiveness picture made me laugh out loud. 🙂
November 14, 2012 @ 12:36 pm
The boy on the right doesn’t look like he’s quite made it all the way through his forgiveness. Love the starry night picture. She’s such a smart girl!
PS – How do you have time to blog?????? Wait. How do I have time to comment?
November 14, 2012 @ 5:43 pm
Brooke is so talented, love it!
November 14, 2012 @ 10:05 pm
Those children will give me nightmares tonight!
November 28, 2012 @ 7:54 pm
That is way too funny! I miss seeing you and Brooke in primary. Crazy little class I have these days. One of our newer additions had a bad day a few weeks ago and ended up taking his pants off (and everything underneath) during singing time. Yeah…probably the strangest moment I’ve ever had in primary. Hope you’re all doing well, loving your new home, and enjoying the holidays.
November 29, 2012 @ 3:13 pm
Teresa – That is hilarious about the boy in your Primary class. I miss the old neighborhood and ward also. I’m glad you found our blog!
–Rebecca