Little Picasso's: The Farm

This Grandma was really and truly amazing in arranging schedules of 7 different grandchildren to have them all create special Christmas gifts for their parents. I love that she did this and had such a great time getting to know each set of kids, and Grandma as well. This was my last group of grandkids and they opted to paint a scene from their farm. Grandma did some photo shoots and we found the perfect picture to use for our painting. I had sketched out the painting so it was ready to go and "A" was my first painter.

I had him paint in some of the roof of the barn. I immediately was impressed with his careful and steady hand! He would be very precise in his project, which would make the picture amazing. Very exciting!

Next roof...and background of the heifer shed.

And then, 6 year old "T" came in to add the sky and grass. He was younger, but also a very careful and neat painter!

My goal for his picture was to create a dark to light sky, which required blending....

Looking good, but we needed to go over it more to smooth out that sky.

Great job "T"!

This looked very nice! On to the grass.

I had him go from one end to the other and mix the grass colors.

So careful!

Now we changed the painting technique to add texture to the grass...

AWESOME!

Grandma and "A" came to see! We were all proud of you "T"!

Now back to "A", who got to fill in the barn.

This painting required a very careful artist and a steady hand. "A" was just amazing!

You can see the barn buildings just come alive!

Putting the "S" on the barn.

Now a few cows in the background and the fence.

Doesn't this look great!???

The road,

Then the white trim.

I kept saying, one more thing, then you're done, but I said that at least 4 times! "A", you were such a good sport! One of those "things" was shading in the barrels.

Then I took pictures of his amazing work!

The brothers!

And then, I had him add "one more thing" :) in the back windows in the heifer shed. Oldest sister "A" would be meeting with me next to finish that as well as a tree in the front of the property. In the meantime, I got to admire this great painting!

Sister Session:

Now "A" came to complete their painting! I had her start with some details in the back of the shed.

I had done some sketching for "A" to paint in, and you can see it in these pictures. It gave her a guide as to where to paint in the fences and beams.

Here she is filling in the troughs.

And now the tree branches! "A" was a total sweetheart. You know, I have to say, Grandma, all your grandkids were so great! Such happy kids!

Leaves now!

BEAUTIFUL!

And now "A's" final task- The cows! This was fun because she was able to paint HER cow, and her brother's cows too. She knew their colors and the details to add. Awesome!