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24 Comments on Life With Wee People: Minion Painting 101 (Ambassadors of Chaos)
Carolyn - It's amazing how much we learn from our kids......letting go and just BEING is right up there! One of the biggest things I learned from my kids is that I'd have to say things I just never imagined saying....ever.....
Like.....Do NOT paint the hedgehog!
True story. Live hedgehog. You fill in the rest. :)
Noah is very talented! I just love that blue piece! And I'm sure the other little minion demands his special time too! :)
Very cool C! It was great seeing you the other day. Hopefully, I'll be makin the journey again in the near future.
ROTFLMAO @ Coleen. You have got to tell me this story!!! (LOL)
Carol, the Blur Minion is very demanding. He has sensory issues and revels in hyperactivity (LOL). While Noah can stay in one spot and enjoy an activity, Stephen usually has to be chased down and brought back to the point of origin several times. His idea of painting is everything must have a daub of color. The printer. The file cabinet. The couch. The TV... even his hair (LOL).
Erik, it was awesome spending time with you and I am looking forward to travels in KY. Will be posting about our visit soon and looking forward to another. I have to process the pictures off of my simm card. Stephen swiped it from the Nikon, which is why my blogging schedule was interrupted for the last three days. Had to find it. (LOL)
Reading your post is so timely ... I just spent the morning in a seminar on just what you have been schooling us on for months! I'm the "slow learner ... need to see it in person" type of personality. I'm excited about the possibility of video - as you well understand!
Lisa, I love fooling around with video and am working on the next installment right now. Sometimes if people can see it's really not that complicated (if you have a step by step game plan) they will try. I want all my bay-bays to try. :-)
Hey Sista Great stuff here. Trying to get my head above water after returning from vacation. I need to get organized for the assalt on Googledom and for the new work as Ambassador We should talk. Maybe next week one day?
Next week sounds good. :-)
Carolyn: you always have the most beautiful posts - content and appearance. What talent and creativity and I know where those precious babies et it - mom
Thank you, Janice. The wee ones can be a lot of fun. I've been putting them to work on a number of interesting projects. :-)
Hey C...
Who was that famous artist that had other creative talents do the paintings, and then signed them as his own? The signature transformed them into $100,000 paintings!
I use a palette knife a lot, or at least I used to when I panted with oils. And color is EVERYTHING!
I gotta tell you, the kid has talent. I am very impressed.
Thank you, Richard. I really want to see one of your paintings (hint, hint).
I had heard something about that but don't remember the artist's name. I may have to Google it later and see if I can find it.
Noah has the eye. He loves music and art and I'm hoping to find excellent programs to enroll him into as he gets older. Right now, I'm teaching him everything he knows and buying lots of bargain art books from Barnes and Noble so he had study the pictures. He likes Picasso and Cezanne.
We are going to be painting together for my next gallery show. I want his work side by side with mine so he can enjoy seeing it up on the wall. I also want him to help me texture the canvas for a series of children books we're going to be doing together. My fave part is when he starts getting into the music while he paints. He does this little swaying dance while swirling paint that is so cute (LOL). He also makes animal noises (ROTFL) The elephant trumpet is his fave noise to make when he starts talking about painting the jungle. I can't quite figure out his jungle art. Nothing is recognizable but he know exactly what each stroke represents and will tell you the same answers if you ask him what something is (LOL). Go figure... I should take him to see the cave drawings and ask him to copy them. If you ask him to draw something specific that he can look at he does try. That's always fun. :-)
We also splash and throw paint together (LOL). Stephen and I are working on a 30 x 40 abstract right now. When Noah comes home from school I'm sure he'll put his two cents in. ;-)
C - awesome, I really enjoy how you have your family, especially the minions, your (other) interests, and your work so integrated. Especially enjoy the minion updates.
Big Mike, thank you. The kids give me a lot of incentive to think outside the box and do things differently. I try to include them as much as I can so we can enjoy our quality time together because real estate keeps me running the streets and I do miss out on a lot. Bath time is always interesting (LOL).
Hi C, you have an excellent ability to put all this together. How impressive. Can't wait to see more.
Thank you, Kay. Lots more coming up (LOL). The shorties have been very busy with Mama. ;-)
Hey C, Ya know the second painting Noah did was quite good concerning his spoon stokes and color placement :) He's fortunate to have you as an encouraging teacher.
Thank you, Cynthia. Wait until you guys see the others (LOL). We have a lot of canvass sitting around my house. :-)
Well C when you get a chance would you mind posting the colors he used on the second canvas cause I was serious. The color combo is awesome! I'm a Noah fan Woo-Hoo!
Hi Cynthia. Will post another Minion Painting. :-)