Another new recurring idea I just had for this blog is to show regular samples of the girls’ drawings every few months.  I recently got pretty quick with the scanner, so now I don’t mind scanning some art to include here and there.

Claire’s drawing has taken a jump in sophistication lately.  Her recent pictures now include large, complex scenes and a range of ideas and emotions (not just hearts/flowers/butterflies, although those are still quite prominent).  Some of her pictures even have a little bit of a story to them.  Here are a recent few samples, along with Claire’s explanation.

Drawn in Halloween colors, this is a picture of a flower with a separate picture contained within each of its pedals. Plus a bunch of other stuff going on.

The boy has the jumprope. The girl on the left wants it. The girl on the right wants to help. The girl on the right is so nice that she has a cup of “bug food” stuck to her head to feed the bugs.

I don’t actually know the explanation for this one. But it is certainly fun and interesting.

This one is based on the cover art for Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, an album by the Flaming Lips. Claire likes the underdog girl protagonist Yoshimi, but she also likes the robots because they’re pink, and pink = good. So it’s a toss-up.

I wanted to include Molly’s art too, but of course Molly just turned two and is not able to do art like Claire yet.  But Molly did recently create a sparse and provocative piece, which I like to call “One Star Sticker, and a Slight Footprint”.

Okay, so Molly is concentrating on other things right now besides art, like honing her talking skills and learning about the potty.  You’ve got to start somewhere, right?