I always wondered about people who post their children's drawings on Facebook. I have been unceremoniously File 13-ing everything that comes home in Felix's school bag - the lovingly crafted trees with green-painted cotton wool foliage, the sun that radiates ice cream stick rays... I've binned them all.
And then Felix brought home this: (and I understood immediately, and posted it on my entire blog!)
It is his first real representation of his whole family (and I don't know why he doesn't do this sort of stuff at home). From left, we have: Mommy (floating high) (if only...), Felix, Richie (suitably tiny), Gnasher our dog, and Daddy.
I am inordinately proud of it. I am remembering Huisgenoot articles from the 80s where they would get a shrink to analyse kids' drawings, and I'd love to know what they would say about this one. I mean, Felix is quite clearly central: he's large, and the only member of the family to have been given a nose/mouth and a torso - and shoes! None of us with the possible exception of Sean has arms and goodness knows if that's a lead poor Gnasher has around him, or what. I rather suspect Gnasher may have started out as Daddy when a mistake in the drawing had to lead to a reinvention of Daddy next to Gnash.
And then Felix brought home this: (and I understood immediately, and posted it on my entire blog!)
It is his first real representation of his whole family (and I don't know why he doesn't do this sort of stuff at home). From left, we have: Mommy (floating high) (if only...), Felix, Richie (suitably tiny), Gnasher our dog, and Daddy.
I am inordinately proud of it. I am remembering Huisgenoot articles from the 80s where they would get a shrink to analyse kids' drawings, and I'd love to know what they would say about this one. I mean, Felix is quite clearly central: he's large, and the only member of the family to have been given a nose/mouth and a torso - and shoes! None of us with the possible exception of Sean has arms and goodness knows if that's a lead poor Gnasher has around him, or what. I rather suspect Gnasher may have started out as Daddy when a mistake in the drawing had to lead to a reinvention of Daddy next to Gnash.
I really do love his height in the drawings. Kids have such a great way of seeing the world.
ReplyDeleteI love kids art and still collect my kids' stuff
ReplyDeleteSo cute! I have kept every piece of art my boy has made. (In a box mind you, not all over the house!) My favourite drawing is very similar to your one, showing the family, and we have it stuck on the fridge. I am HUGE in the drawing, and his teacher told me that the bigger the draw someone, the more important they are!
ReplyDeleteLove it!!
ReplyDeleteI like keeping these as well!
I feel too much guilt to through away the artwork so it all gets shoved in a cupboard until it's finally full and then I have to throw it out.
ReplyDeleteHowever, a friend has a different approach - everyday on collecting her child from school, she takes a photo of the day's artwork and so has them all on softcopy.
Oh stunning
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