In case you haven't been keeping up with the progress I am making with the girls, chronicled in The Education Corner, here is a little something I wanted to share. Juliette is very keen on drawing. While she will not sit for hours and color, as my mom tells me was my habit as a child, drawing tends to be her most consistent playtime activity of choice. Be it on the easel their Grandma Linda & Grandad bought for Christmas or with a highlighter on a plain piece of paper, Juliette draws from a combination of influences and pure imagination.
For example, her favorite picture to re-create is that of a pirate ship, a theme inspired by multiple viewings of a "Between the Lions" episode about pirates. Other repeated themes include beach scenes, forest scenes, the "terrible wind" she heard in a thunderstorm at my parents' house last week, her stuffed animals, and ballerinas (with fairy wings from the graphics on her pajamas).
However, on occasion, she will veer into the purely imaginary and abstract. Yesterday, she said she was drawing a "painting" called "Mergado." She repeated the title numerous times, even after she had erased the drawing from the easel. I have NO CLUE where this word came from or what she could be referring to, but it looked like some sort of planetary scene. That was pure imagination, much like her scene with Charlie and Louly (both imaginary names she made up herself) from a few weeks ago.
The one I wanted to display here has to do with the refinement of her craft. Yesterday, she wanted me to draw a scooter on her paper. Mind you, she doesn't have a scooter, so her knowledge of such a machine comes from TV or other children's toys. When I was too busy with dinner, she apparently took it upon herself to do the deed. I found this paper in amongst her drawings as I was cleaning up for the night.
Here, you can see three attempts at drawing a scooter. The one in the middle is rough and without perspective, as if she was thinking to herself about what components a scooter possesses. She tried again in the upper left corner, with more attention to the shape of the wheels and the handles. The final drawing is in the upper right, complete with an effective attempt at perspective. She gave the drawing depth and weight. Handles are clearly visible. And the girl is no ordinary girl; that is a fairy ballerina, as mentioned above, complete with a happy smile, hair in a bun, and wings.
For example, her favorite picture to re-create is that of a pirate ship, a theme inspired by multiple viewings of a "Between the Lions" episode about pirates. Other repeated themes include beach scenes, forest scenes, the "terrible wind" she heard in a thunderstorm at my parents' house last week, her stuffed animals, and ballerinas (with fairy wings from the graphics on her pajamas).
However, on occasion, she will veer into the purely imaginary and abstract. Yesterday, she said she was drawing a "painting" called "Mergado." She repeated the title numerous times, even after she had erased the drawing from the easel. I have NO CLUE where this word came from or what she could be referring to, but it looked like some sort of planetary scene. That was pure imagination, much like her scene with Charlie and Louly (both imaginary names she made up herself) from a few weeks ago.
The one I wanted to display here has to do with the refinement of her craft. Yesterday, she wanted me to draw a scooter on her paper. Mind you, she doesn't have a scooter, so her knowledge of such a machine comes from TV or other children's toys. When I was too busy with dinner, she apparently took it upon herself to do the deed. I found this paper in amongst her drawings as I was cleaning up for the night.
Here, you can see three attempts at drawing a scooter. The one in the middle is rough and without perspective, as if she was thinking to herself about what components a scooter possesses. She tried again in the upper left corner, with more attention to the shape of the wheels and the handles. The final drawing is in the upper right, complete with an effective attempt at perspective. She gave the drawing depth and weight. Handles are clearly visible. And the girl is no ordinary girl; that is a fairy ballerina, as mentioned above, complete with a happy smile, hair in a bun, and wings.
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