Her little sister draws too

I can't leave H's work out of this blog. H has to do whatever L is doing. Which is, more often than not, drawing. She's two and a half and just now starting to form rudimentary figures. These are both from a few months ago (while the top piece may look like a figure it is actually abstract. But still... really interesting abstraction).

High Seas Adventure #2

This one is slightly more complicated than "The Princess, the Pirate and the Mermaid".
I'm not entirely sure I understand the full narrative even after consulting with the artist. A pirate is clearly dispatching another poor princess into the sea after stealing her crown. Another girl has been hurt and is being rescued by mermaids. The odd shape below her is apparently her suitcase which she is too injured to hold onto. She may have been bitten by the shark which is now about to eat a goldfish. In the giant wave looming over them there is a magical flying eel, but what the eel is doing to the mermaids hair is not clear. In the water below, in front of the hapless goldfish there is a penguin with a tent upon its back. It may be hard to see, but inside the tent (a circus tent I'm told) there is a tiny bowl with a  baby goldfish in it. Is the big goldfish that's about to be eaten its mother? Is the baby goldfish in trouble? Is the penguin a no good carnie abducting the small fish, or is he rescuing it from the evil shark? There are many questions. I tried to ask L some of these but she was busy drawing.

(as always, you can view the image larger simply by clicking on it)

The Sea Spider Floats Away

L drew this book while we were staying in a cabin by a river. Mom folded a few sheets off paper together for her. The layout and drawing are entirely her own. Mom took dictation for the words on the original drawings. I colorized them on the computer according to her directions.
(you can click on each image to see it larger)

It's quite sad. I must say the father does not seem to be a very sympathetic figure.

A few Older Pieces

"Girl in a Box" from March 2012

"Marching Girl" on chalkboard - March 2012

"L with Friend, and Baby H"  - June 2011

Picasso-like

After L drew this picture I got out an art book to show her a Picasso painting. I explained that as he got older he tried to draw more and more like a kid. She liked it a lot.

The Pirate, The Princess and the Mermaid

by L. - 4 years 11months

I colorized this one with some instruction from my 4 year old daughter (almost 5). A pirate has stolen the crown of the princess and thrown her overboard into the ocean, but a mermaid will save her! My daughter liked how I colored the grid over the fish although it makes some people think it must be a blanket. It is actually a net.