art journal 4, What do you see? and Play

Sketching in my art journal, although it seems a waste of that good water colour paper, was something I wanted to document.  It's a highly necessary part of drawing, painting, the whole process. What do you see? is the question that I'd ask a student.  Draw what you see, not what you think is there, and draw it often.


PLAY. How appropriate that I sit with my 7 seven year old twin nieces for this theme. I wish I had pictures of their work too. It took a full day, between breakfast, second breakfast, lunch, couple of snacks, outside time, distractions, incredible bursts of activity and dinner. We learned to draw our own face, use rub ons and water colours. We played with stars, and planted a painted garden. Van Gough peeks out at me, questioning my artistic ability. Our legs, feet and hands became "articulated", a new word. I can hardly wait to play with the girls again.