My little Van Gogh (s), Starry night...

Hi guys!

I had my kids painting on canvas since they were very little, it all started with Jack playing more with my paintbrushes and my tubs of paint instead of his toys on the baby play mat ( I used to put him next to me when I was painting). One day I decided to give it a try, I put him some old clothes and I let him play with paint, rolls, sponges, there was paint everywhere!!!...and he loved it!!! At the end I just took him fully clothed straight to the bathtub...
By the time he could walk, he had me as his assistant, the fact that he was not talking yet wasn't a problem, he made me understand when his hands needed to be cleaned, when he needed to have an other color and so on... Let's say that this period the only time that I could paint was when he was napping!!!...

Untitled, by Jack. Acrylic on Canvas.

Now the years have passed and they might not paint as much as before (so many others thing they love to do!!!) But when they do...

I used to have a workshop at Lil'Dreys called "Paint after a famous artist", it had a lot of succes, kids would try Miro, Kandinsky, Arcimboldo, Seurat... and make it their own version.

Maia after Seurat's pointillism... 

Kandinsky inspiration work.

Marcel decided to work after Arcimboldo, he made it his own  using  a mushroom instead of a face and worked it inside out...

Tallulah's Van Gogh's Sunflowers

Samuel's Van Gogh's Sunflowers

 After a little while I couldn't help noticing that Van Gogh work was the most picked by the children and there are some other work...

Emma Rose, she worked during 8 months every Monday, and she delivered a beautiful Starry Night.

Tallulah working on her Room at Arles, this painting had so many layers, it is a breathtaking painting!!!
After my laptop got stolen, unfortunately, I lost the picture of the finished artwork, but hopefully, I'll get a photo from her mom soon!!!

And now I'll present you my Jack's work, he started after Emma Rose, they became really friends and decided to work on the same subject. It took Jack around 4 months working on his once a week.

The village, jack made some funny faces houses... He used little tiles to make a swimming pool...

He added a few details like this houses on a mountain, he told me "This is my painting I can do what ever I want!"...

He added some silver glitter stars in the sky...

He also glued a tree made of felt...

"This is a black duck flying in the the sky, it is black because it's night time..." said Jack to me.

Jack's Starry Night. Mixed techniques on canvas.

Of course, his sister wanted to help Jack with his painting... So she started her own...

A pink tree for Matilda... With lots of sparkling tiles...

Her houses...

Here is her painting but she always says that she is not completely done yet, will see...

Jack was so thrilled to be able to see the real painting at the MoMa in New York, he was really surprise how small it was though!!!

And for those who wants to see it  as close at being at the MoMa, check out http://www.googleartproject.com/museums/moma/the-starry-night. 

 This is an amazing website Google Art Project that allows you to visit quiet a few museums, and most of all the close up on the painting are absolutely unbelievable!!! See details of Starry night...

Enjoy!

Love, Miss Drey.

Hi guys!

I had my kids painting on canvas since they were very little, it all started with Jack playing more with my paintbrushes and my tubs of paint instead of his toys on the baby play mat ( I used to put him next to me when I was painting). One day I decided to give it a try, I put him some old clothes and I let him play with paint, rolls, sponges, there was paint everywhere!!!...and he loved it!!! At the end I just took him fully clothed straight to the bathtub...
By the time he could walk, he had me as his assistant, the fact that he was not talking yet wasn't a problem, he made me understand when his hands needed to be cleaned, when he needed to have an other color and so on... Let's say that this period the only time that I could paint was when he was napping!!!...

Untitled, by Jack. Acrylic on Canvas.

Now the years have passed and they might not paint as much as before (so many others thing they love to do!!!) But when they do...

I used to have a workshop at Lil'Dreys called "Paint after a famous artist", it had a lot of succes, kids would try Miro, Kandinsky, Arcimboldo, Seurat... and make it their own version.

Maia after Seurat's pointillism... 

Kandinsky inspiration work.

Marcel decided to work after Arcimboldo, he made it his own  using  a mushroom instead of a face and worked it inside out...

Tallulah's Van Gogh's Sunflowers

Samuel's Van Gogh's Sunflowers

 After a little while I couldn't help noticing that Van Gogh work was the most picked by the children and there are some other work...

Emma Rose, she worked during 8 months every Monday, and she delivered a beautiful Starry Night.

Tallulah working on her Room at Arles, this painting had so many layers, it is a breathtaking painting!!!
After my laptop got stolen, unfortunately, I lost the picture of the finished artwork, but hopefully, I'll get a photo from her mom soon!!!

And now I'll present you my Jack's work, he started after Emma Rose, they became really friends and decided to work on the same subject. It took Jack around 4 months working on his once a week.

The village, jack made some funny faces houses... He used little tiles to make a swimming pool...

He added a few details like this houses on a mountain, he told me "This is my painting I can do what ever I want!"...

He added some silver glitter stars in the sky...

He also glued a tree made of felt...

"This is a black duck flying in the the sky, it is black because it's night time..." said Jack to me.

Jack's Starry Night. Mixed techniques on canvas.

Of course, his sister wanted to help Jack with his painting... So she started her own...

A pink tree for Matilda... With lots of sparkling tiles...

Her houses...

Here is her painting but she always says that she is not completely done yet, will see...

Jack was so thrilled to be able to see the real painting at the MoMa in New York, he was really surprise how small it was though!!!

And for those who wants to see it  as close at being at the MoMa, check out http://www.googleartproject.com/museums/moma/the-starry-night. 

 This is an amazing website Google Art Project that allows you to visit quiet a few museums, and most of all the close up on the painting are absolutely unbelievable!!! See details of Starry night...

Enjoy!

Love, Miss Drey.