Dragon Heroes

Creative Kid Draws for Hours

Today, there was some kind of art battle happening at the kitchen table.  These are the drawings that I had time to post today.  There were more.

 I love how he is drawing the different size characters and angles.  If you notice in this one, the little guys are facing with their backs to the viewer.  Pretty cool.

The character on the right is my son.  He has a crazy name.  I can't remember it right now!  Spider Spinning Sam?  

Monkey Man Banana Head

Most nights, as soon as my son gets home, he heads for his markers and papers.  This drawing is interesting.  If you notice the read guy, he is overlapping the green guy.  This is pretty good for a six year old.  I'm not sure what the story is with this one.  

I love this Space Heroes drawing.  These are new inventions.  My favorite is Monkey Man.  I was told that he was roping a planet.

One of the things we did to encourage our son's creativity was to keep him stocked with paper.  If you notice the marks on this paper, it is the back side of scrap paper (you can see the letters coming through).  I teach and we have a lot of great paper that gets thrown into the recycle bin.  My son will go through 20-50 sheets in a day.  Often, he starts a drawing idea and just tosses the paper.  He gets super excited when I bring home a stack of old papers I pulled out of the recycle bin.  

The Hoop Rangers

This is a Hoop Ranger.  I'm not sure where my son got the idea for this, but I like the color.  

I love the little guy on the bike.  

Kids Can Draw Amazing Things

Shadows

 The stages of development that kids go through when they are learning to draw is amazing.  I am fascinated watching my son attempt new techniques.  

Often, the quality of his artwork goes down right before he attempt something new.  The black figures in this pictures are his attempts at drawing shadows.  The guy in the bottom left turned out pretty good.  The scribbles on the top were explosions.  He was making sound effects as he was drawing.  

By the way, I've never mentioned a word to him about shadows.  Why is he doing this?  I don't even draw shadows in my drawings.  Kids are amazing.  Kids can learn to how to draw amazing things on their own.  

Drawing and Playing

Kid Art is Important

As an elementary teacher, father of three boys under the age of six (my kids just ran screaming through the room, so please excuse any mistakes), and artist, I am fascinated by watching my six year old grow as an artist.

Without being pushed, my son draws for almost two hours every day.  I love watching how his drawings evolve and change and how his imagination is developing.  This blog is my attempt to keep track of his art and his learning.

Hopefully, this blog may help other parents and teachers pull kids away from some of the modern gadgets that may be stealing our children's imaginations.

I have been teaching in a public elementary school for 14 years, and I am worried about the creativity of our children.  I see art as a way to save kids who are having their imaginations crushed by testing.