sculptural genius
I know every mom thinks their kid is a prodigy in some area, and I don't think that's a bad thing. Everyone needs a fan, right? Well, I've just been blown away by the stuff A is producing here at home. He spends literally hours with his modeling clay, with--seriously!--no pushing or suggestion from me. Sometimes I ask, "don't you want to go outside and play?" "No, I'm finishing this sculpture," he says. Okay...
Yesterday he had me image-searching pictures of fish skeletons, shark skeletons, t-rex skeletons, bat skeletons, and human skeletons. Each one he'd ask me to draw a picture of, and then he'd make the skeleton from looking at the picture. I told him that all skeletons have a skull, a spine attached, and some sort of rib cage, and that most mammals also have pelvis bones, arm and leg bones. Basic anatomy for a 4-year-old, you know, just stuff kids talk about on the day-to-day. Here's what he came up with:
Yesterday he had me image-searching pictures of fish skeletons, shark skeletons, t-rex skeletons, bat skeletons, and human skeletons. Each one he'd ask me to draw a picture of, and then he'd make the skeleton from looking at the picture. I told him that all skeletons have a skull, a spine attached, and some sort of rib cage, and that most mammals also have pelvis bones, arm and leg bones. Basic anatomy for a 4-year-old, you know, just stuff kids talk about on the day-to-day. Here's what he came up with:
posted by mk at 9:20 AM
4 Comments:
.:jaw dropping:. Those are awesome!!! next great artist of our time! :D
Is that the oil based clay?
Is A ok with wadding them up when he's done? or does he need to save and display everyone of his creations?
They look really cool, btw. Like little fossils.
thanks! he's very proud of his achievements, though he does squish them up without much grieving. I think he likes mushing them up just to see my horrified face :).
it is oil-based plasticine. he has a big sheet of mat board for it because the residue is gross.
Those ARE awesome! It's no wonder though, coming from two amazingly talented parents. :)
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