Monday, September 8, 2008

Benjamin's Art Gallery

Benjamin loves to draw and color. He's actually pretty good at it, too... or at least I, his appropriately biased and adoring mother, certainly thinks so! His artistic skill has really progressed a lot in the past year, especially in the past month. Benjamin has an awesome imagination and it shows in his drawings-- his artwork also totally cracks us up. It's clever, cute, fun, and quite creative. We're pretty impressed, actually.

Yesterday morning he showed me these drawings:
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Interesting. But then Benjamin explained what each drawing was and I became really impressed!
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No kidding, this is exactly what he told me. I have no idea why there's an orange and pear in outer space (I'm thinking he meant something else, but couldn't think of what how to say it), but everything else makes remarkable sense (but then, does it need to make sense?). And where did he learn about the Milky Way? Amazing. He's just amazing. :)

That same morning, he also showed me this:
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I was pretty excited to hear him tell me about it, after hearing about "Outer Space". "It's my party, Mommy!", he said, "My birthday." And he went on to describe each drawing:
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My GOODNESS! What a creative little guy! I'm just amazed.

So, after enjoying these little pieces of artwork so much, I felt motivated to scan in my favorites of Benjamin's art the past year (as we think they're worthy of permanent record). I know my family will get a big kick out of them, so here's a Benjamin Art Gallery. Enjoy! :)

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Check out some of the details-- a cowboy hat, holding a outer space thing, ears, eyebrows, hair, etc... Benjamin's the coolest...

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LOOOOOOOOOOOOVE THIS ONE!! Makes me so happy. :)

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I asked Benjamin what the horn-things were and he said, "Mommy, it's a Viking." Wow. Okay then.

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Heee-larious. Don't ask me about the "baby". No it's not some sort of announcement. But it is funny that Benjamin would think about something like that. In this picture he gave us all fingers. I love that he circled himself a bunch of times. And that I'm the privileged one to get a neck... and a nice round "body". Right.

I'm very excited to see what my little boy will come up with next! With his new pre-school routine, daily life, and a crazy active mind, he is learning so much so fast. It's so fun and exciting for all of us. I'm must admit, I'm a pretty proud parent. But in a good way, I think. :)

Have a great week! See ya!

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8 comments:

kim said...

I love it Melinda, you are so creative with your blogs. What a treasure to have those scanned in, and to have a permanent record. Great idea for the future, since I missed the boat with Katrena.

Susan said...

That is great that you scanned and saved so much of his artwork - that will be treasured always! I'm really impressed with his artistic skills as well - what a budding artist - maybe he'll be really great at creative writing someday, since he has such a clever imagination.

DA & J said...

What a creative little boy! I am really impressed! I can't wait until Nathan starts drawing.

Mari Kjar said...

OH MY hahahah LOL. that was great. i'm proud of the lil nephew. he has some great ideas up his sleeve. that was an awesome post. i loved it. i love you too!!

kjera said...

what an artist you have there!

Julie said...

Wow, Benjamin is quite the artist. It's so fun to see and read what you guys have been up to. You're boys are so cute and you are a great mommy! Hope everything is going great for y'all! Love you!!

F Montierth said...

Isn't funny how when children draw, they don't draw a moment, they draw a story as it happens! I love that to told us his explainations, he's pretty talent. Who says they don't know what's up!

Sarah Stout said...

I love the Artwork! It was fun to look through! Thanks for sharing!