I have been buying Bare Books by the dozen. My kids love to fill them up, especially Logan. He has a series about a character named Mr. Bob who has all sorts of adventures with aliens that I have yet to take pictures of. This book, however, was given away, so Barry snapped some pictures quick (and made a photo copy) before it was gone forever. His very favorite neighbor friend had a birthday (his BFF as he calls her). Such a special occasion called for some book making.
“Yum cake. Bob opens his present…Look suuper (the 2 u’s make it extra super, no?) fun!” Can you see how clever his illustrations are? The candles smoke, the people lick their lips and their eyes look toward the cake. I can’t stand how much I love his drawings. I need to share more of them here, but I worry about the fairness of it. You know, giving my kids equal time.
The first present can turn into all sorts of things. Here they march to another present. They’re marching! And he knows to make their eyes all squinting and half-moony because they’re all so happy. I tell ya, my 6 year old is an artist.
I think all the intense study of Calvin and Hobbes and Tin Tin that my kids do has lent to all the action and sequence they get into their story making. They really fill up a lot of their non-school time drawing comics and making books. (Ssshhhhhhh! Don’t tell them we call this kind of thing Language Arts.)
(Can you see where he gets the idea for the squinty half-moon eyes?)
So, so fun. He definitely is an artist. I think bare books are going to have to continue at our house (Thanks to you!)
Love it!
It really is amazing how he can draw what he is thinking. I know you know this, but he really is extraordinary in this for his age. He just whips it out with such expression and everyone else can tell what it is. Doesn’t it just make you curious about how good he will get and what he will do with it, how it will work into what ever he does for a living. Not necessarily drawing for a living, but the eye hand coordination and brain/thought translation is very intriguing.
And yes, love those squinty half-moon eyes