But he's not an artist!

Meet "E".  There are 2 facts you can deduce from this photo.  1.  He needs a haircut like NOBODY'S BUSINESS and 2.  He's just not that artsy.   This is a boy who would more likely be found outdoors karate chopping and ninja kicking the air over holding a paint brush.  In fact, I took this picture because of his overgrown hair "hat head."

But I have noticed a change in him this kindergarten year.   He actually WANTS to TRY.  Maybe its the fact that after seeing his big sisters with some form of brush, marker, crayon, or pencil in their hands from the moment they could hold it, he's finally taken notice.  More likely, it is because he sees his friends coming in and out of our house creating unique masterpieces and he wants some of the action.   Either way, he voiced his desire to try out his inner artist.   I scheduled a high class lunch date with him and over spaghettios, we discussed his interests.  

"What do you like to draw?"

"Pirates.  Happy ones.  Plus I'm good at drawing pirate ships."

We were ready.   Here's what my NON-artist created for his own room, with pride, right before he took off out the door to play superhero...

First we drew the picture of "happy pirates" and started painting the sky.  You can see that I painted over the original print, but we had to work around the matte board.

"Happy Pirates"



See buddy, you can do art!  A reminder everyday in his room.