Kids
May 5, 08:09 PM

Often times when I go to watch and draw wildlife I am compelled to watch my wandering children instead. So inevitably I draw my wild children as much as I draw wildlife. I am the lucky father of three children Samea, Benjamin and Alice Mei.

Samea

Benjamin

Alice Mei
All of them love working with me in the studio and in the field. Samea especially has a keen interest in drawing. All children seem to be artists when they are young.

Kids are as difficult to draw as wild animals and just as unpredictable. I find drawing them to be a great exercise in observation and quick gesture studies. As always it’s better in my opinion to draw from life than from photos; better to create than to copy.

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Comments

Great post, really nice image of daughter painting at the chair. I have a hard time drawing my own but once and a while I get a good sketch and it is always an observational speed challenge.

— Brad Clark · May 5, 09:49 PM · #

Beautiful sketches of your children and the last one is surely a sculptor in the making

— Thomas · May 6, 11:00 PM · #