Little Picasso's: Door County by the Grandsons

I was able to work with these 2 little artists a second time for the other set of grandparents! This time we were painting an image from a photograph of Door County, WI in the fall. As soon as mom emailed me the image, I was excited to do this project. I had been hoping to create a fall tree scene just like this one with some kiddos, so couldn't wait to start!

"L" came over first, complete with his winning smile! He painted the road, tree trunks, branches, and even made "squiggles" for the bark.

"L" is using long strokes to fill in my outline for the road.

Next he filled in the tree trunks with different shades of browns and grays.

Then he filled in the base ground color....

And some "squiggles and shading for the tree trunks.....

Looking good!

Now it was "G's" turn to do LOTS of painting. I had him use a brush and blot with multiple colors. It was time consuming, and I was so proud of him and his commitment to detail. Sometimes I would blot an area for him to fill in, and sometimes just point out where to go. After 40 min. he was yawning. Definitely a sign to take a break. This boy needed to run off some energy and come back in the afternoon! Here is the first part of his session:

Adding greens.....

It takes LOTS of blots to fill in those leaves!

Here "G" is overlapping lighter shades on top of his darker greens....

You can see why he would get tired! One corner area was finished, but so much left!

I love that he came over wearing his little sister's baby rattle bracelets! Love it!

Starting to fill out!

Pensive artist shot.

Okay, time to break! Look at how much he did! Wow! This is where we left off until the afternoon.

In the afternoon, we continued more blotting with colors and light, dark varieties of shades to fill in the fall scene. I was and am so impressed with this little guy and his ability to following my guiding, and create such a beautiful scene!