Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Artist for Hire

I thought it would be fun to do an art project with Elliot on his days at home. So we got a large canvas at a craft store, found a few brushes laying around, shook up some old cans of paint and set up shop in the basement...



His style is definitely Abstract. I attempted to paint a wispy, smooth sort of horizon but found that a) it was not easy to convince E to contain his artistry to certain sections of the painting so it was therefore covered up by chaos and b) I actually like his "chaos" a lot better. It has been really fun to just sit back and let him make whatever he feels like and see the very cool results! I don't think any adult could make a better painting... but I may be biased.
Do you think he needs his own shop on Etsy?

The best part is that since we did this with paint leftovers from what we already have on the walls, I can now hang it anywhere in the house!

1 comment:

Lisa's Yarns said...

What a genius way to use up some old paint! I can't wait to see his works of art next time I am over.

Remember when we made that painting right after I bought my condo? It's still hanging on my wall. :)