Young Drawings

As an artist, i'd like to think i provide an atmosphere in which my daughter can feel free to create when she'd like to. Admittedly i am not great at organizing crafts ahead of time, but tend to go with the flow should a situation present itself. We have a cupboard full of crafty things, and there is always an easel nearby equipped with paper and paint (or chalk and a chalk board).

Until not so long ago, my three year old was painting mostly abstract pieces, and then it seemed like suddenly out of nowhere, images began to emerge. It all started with a picture of this horse she drew (in a moving car, no less) and handed over to me, much to my surprise.

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Soon after this she drew a dinosaur on her chalkboard:

Really? Horses? Dinosaurs? If you ask me, these are not animals/images we have been seeing or talking about in our day to day lives. She doesn't attend day care either--so i'm not sure where it's all coming from. Obviously she has seen and stored information about what these creatures look like somewhere in her brain and they have now been spilled out on to paper/chalkboard. Amazing!

And suddenly, teeth have been appearing on her figure drawings.

and last but not least, an abstract piece she created for her brother's room (for when he arrives. yup, a brother!)