At some point between 1 and 3 year old your baby might switch focus from painting to drawing. Recently, at 3, drawing became so important to Tallulah, that is had to be incorporated into large canvases that she was painting on. She started drawing for hours and hours, creating detailed world of people doing various things: ballerinas practicing, Cinderella going to the ball, boys playing …
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It’s a good idea to start painting with a couple of brushes and hands. However as Tallulah grew and became more inquisitive, we started adding various tools of application into her repertoire, just so the fun and exploration continues. You don’t have to do all of that variety to achieve great results with your child’s creative development. Hands and brushes REALLY IS ENOUGH. However, for those …
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Main thing preventing a parent to start this project with the baby is fear. Fear is a universal creativity killer, I myself have lots of fear as a professional artist, when I want to start a work of art. Fear leads to doubts, procrastinations, insecurities and ultimately failure to start, to continue or to finish a creative project. I am not a psychologist, but I …
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Some artworks Tallulah created were done in one session, however most of them are 2 to 4 sessions creations, allowing drying time in between, and rest for the baby. How you want to do it is up to you. Once off artworks are cool, why not? However if you would like her to create multi-layered intriguing art, give her the same canvas several times and …
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This purle and yellow painting was created at the age of 1 year 5 month, photographed by me, and filmed by FC Hamman. Here you can see the process she went through, all the exploration and fun. I did show her how to spray from the spay bottle and it became a natural thing for her from the start. You only need to show baby …
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