Today she did her first attempt with pastel. She has been watching me working on pastel ever since she remembers things. She's such a good girl that follow our deciplines of only touch materials of our own. Today I cut my pastel support to the wrong size, so I offered her the scrap paper and a half-full box of my spare pastels.
And this is what she came up with:
"Winter is Here" 6"x6" pastel on paper
Angelina Xie, 5
I just love it! I love the light purple she chose for the background, and the way she work lightly to let the color of the paper show through. I also like how she did the foliage. It's such a fearless and liberal way to suggest leaves instead of being stuck to details. And do you see the flying snow she made with a scraper?
I am so happy that she's like me, she gonna growing up with an art-loving heart. I am even happier that she's not like me, too detail-oriented but more expressive and liberal.
I think I need to get her a complete pastel set for Christmas.