Another Handpainted Poster, This Time All By Himself!

This large sign that my son painted says "Yom Huledet Sameach" meaning happy birthday, and I am sharing his sweet wishes for a family birthday to make a point, which is that sometimes when parents do a project together with a child, like the Hanukkah poster we painted together, it gives the child enough confidence to then go and do something similar all by themselves, yippee! I was so happy when he agreed to do everything himself this time.

I did advise him on the scale of certain objects and he needed advice as far as what colors to use, but other than that, it is all his.

Aren't the details just the sweetest? I will always cherish his sweet style at this age, and am hoping that he'll continue to feel confident with his own artsy style.

Speaking of artsy, the really great news is that my daughter's beloved painting teacher that left our town about four years ago just as my daughter was beginning to really love painting, is coming back, and we are so happy as after her we never found a teacher that really clicked with us. The right teacher makes all the difference, and upon her return I'm also planning to send this son to her for lessons, and we are soooooo excited to get back into painting. I may even start myself in order to either check it off the list of things I want to do, or actually get into, you know, with all that spare time I have! And to think there are people in this world that actually don't know how to spend their time, maybe someone can donate some to me? I think at this point an extra twenty years or so would be a great help. Here's to knowing how to spend our precious time, and to spending as much as possible of it in productive ways. Gotta run!