You know how it is. You meet someone in cyberspace---you can't remember exactly how your trajectories crossed, but a connection is made. And so it is that I've appeared on Jean Van't Hul's great blog, The Artful Parent. The interview with photos was posted Monday, March 10th.
Jean wanted to know how I reared my daughters to be creative and to value creativity in others. It was one of my chief goals as a parent, as it is no doubt one of yours, if you are a parent, too. Anyway, I hope you'll check out her blog tomorrow and on the days afterward. Jean's a gifted writer and a devoted mother of adorable Maia. Her blog is full of great info and links and interviews and images and.... all kinds of artful stuff. By the way, one of my sketches will be given away in a drawing there. And also, by the way, Maia will be appearing in my 101 Faces Project in the near future, I hope. Lucky me!
Here are some photos of my daughters' early years as artists-in-the-making:
Kate, at four years old, painting, followed by
Cecelia, drawing before she could walk!
Third is a photo of the girls painting together, a few years later.
Last, is a self-portrait by Kate, but it could have just as easily been a portrait of Cecelia.
I leave for Paris on Wednesday in search of fountains and other watery manifestations!
As always, I will have my laptop with me and hope to blog while I'm there. A bientôt! See you soon!
How fantastic, Laura! Kudos to you as a parent!! And I must brag as well -my children are the most creative people I know and I take full credit for it! In the same vein, it is the only way I knew to raise them and I am sure you will agree. We teach them what we know and treasure and that is mostly creativity in all walks of life. It warmed my heart to read and see this post of yours...
Posted by: starrgirl | April 03, 2008 at 09:57 PM
Wow! I so appreciate your comments as well as seeing new visitors to the blog---thank you, thank you! I'm glad you liked the stories of my daughters' early art lives. I treasure those memories.
Posted by: Laura | March 18, 2008 at 03:11 PM
Well hello beautiful lady you! What a lovely art-filled childhood your daughters must have had. I also tried to encourage my girls to be creative in all sorts of artistic pursuits as they grew up. And now I'm proud to say, I have bought grand-daughter Grace her first crayons and colour chalks and we proudly display her artwork on our refrigerator. I may not draw and paint as much now as I'd like, but creativity is not lost in this part of the world if I have anything to do with it! Take care!
Posted by: Terri | March 13, 2008 at 07:58 PM
I saw this:
http://www.stuffyourdoodles.com/stuffgallery.htm
and remembered it when I saw these great kids ddrawings!
Posted by: Ken | March 11, 2008 at 01:10 PM
Ugga-bugga, indeed!
I remember my tots sitting on my lap narrating stories while I typed...
But I also used that warhorse of a book, "Drawing with children," and got interesting results. Over my library table I have a wondrous lady centaur that R drew in kindergarten--bare-breasted with roses for nipples (at least they look just like the roses in her long hair) and miniature happy centaurs frolicking beside her.
Posted by: marlyat2 | March 10, 2008 at 11:21 PM
wonderful interview and inspiring too. Such sweet baby girls. You're so lucky to have them. xxx
Posted by: Amanda | March 10, 2008 at 07:43 PM