The first thing Anthony said when he got out of the SUV at the zoo today was, 'do you have your drawing supplies?' In fact I did.
The size of the enclosure was overwhelming. I suggested he focus on one spot. Literally. Possibly look at the color patches of one of the giraffes. Anthony chose the palm tree, he was looking for a stationary object, but he still was frustrated (leaf frond). I on the other hand was happy he was drawing and that he got me to take out the supplies at all. I intended to draw and didn't think I could manage it with active kids. They were all happy to chill and watch the giraffes.
So I showed Ant how I might approach the drawing. He had wanted to start another page so I used his discarded attempt. He was quick to say my drawing didn't look like a palm tree. I told him about gesture drawing. It's the impression of a palm. You can identify it as a tree, even possibly a palm tree, even though it's not accurate. I told him I was going to draw the butt of the giraffe. And the the fence was going to be lower so the giraffe could look over it.
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| Anthony's leaf frond lower left of palm tree |
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| Anthony's picture |
I'm posting this, not because of my influence on Anthony, but his on me. He and I like to draw. He and I have some anxiety about it. I'm 50 years older than he is. What he has now, didn't exist for me at his age. He allows me to teach and learn.
The size of the enclosure was overwhelming. I suggested he focus on one spot. Literally. Possibly look at the color patches of one of the giraffes. Anthony chose the palm tree, he was looking for a stationary object, but he still was frustrated (leaf frond). I on the other hand was happy he was drawing and that he got me to take out the supplies at all. I intended to draw and didn't think I could manage it with active kids. They were all happy to chill and watch the giraffes. 
So I showed Ant how I might approach the drawing. He had wanted to start another page so I used his discarded attempt. He was quick to say my drawing didn't look like a palm tree. I told him about gesture drawing. It's the impression of a palm. You can identify it as a tree, even possibly a palm tree, even though it's not accurate. I told him I was going to draw the butt of the giraffe. And the the fence was going to be lower so the giraffe could look over it.
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