I love painting with my daughter. Like me, she makes up stories about the things she paints. (She got that from me, and I in turn, got it from Bob Ross.) Her stories are always outrageous and seldom have any place in reality. Perhaps thats the imagination of a 5 year old. I could just sit next to her and listen to her stories all day long, but I'm lucky enough to be able to paint with her while being regaled with these outlandish stories.
This past Saturday we were sitting at the craft table painting when we were just finishing out first paintings when she decided that fruit would be a good thing to paint. I would quickly sketch out a couple of pictures (one for her and one for me) and we would set out to paint. She got to the point where fruit was a solid color with a green leaf all lobbied onto the paper in one gleeful moment. We both ended by laughing and painting furiously.
Then she remembered that she has glitter watercolors. We had to revisit and add the glitter (she calls it shimmer or sparkle.) The following was my contribution to our time together.
Apples and cherries were the first pictures we did.
I didn't have time to draw my own grapes, so I just freehanded them.
This peach has a generous amount of shimmer on it. I guess it is substituted for fuzz
No, a chili isn't really a fruit, but she suggested and I obliged
Second attempted portrait.
First portrait attempted.
Strawberries definitely have shimmer.
A tree to end out fun for the day.
