Horsing around
posted in Art, OmegaDotter, OmegaMom, Parenting |OmegaDotter’s school has a revolving “extra” class each day–one day it’s gym, another it’s music, and the third is a visit to the school library.
She tends to bring home horse books of one type or another, with, every once in a while, a Jack-and-Annie book or a topical book (The Halloweiner for Halloween, for instance). Today, she brought back “How To Draw a Horse”. She was very perturbed, and claimed it didn’t really show “how” to draw a horse. So while she was spending a lot of time on the phone with her best buddy A., drawing a thousand dollar bill for her and A. to use in their restaurant (A. was similarly drawing money on the other end), I opened up the book and started following the instructions.
Herewith, a horse head:
And a Welsh pony (I think; it may have been a Shetland):
I think they turned out rather nicely. If the dotter keeps up with her art books, I may end up learning something. That’s what kids are for, dontcha know?! Fergeddabout the hugs and kisses and snuggling and all that–it’s a way to learn things you carefully avoided for many years.
