1-17-2014
So I sort of cheated on
today’s photo. I actually took it
yesterday evening. My daughter’s main
hobby is drawing, she loves anime, and manga anime at that. This particular evening, I caught her over
her shoulder putting the finishing touches to a piece in a normal notebook,
instead of a sketch pad. I suspect that
she has finished all the pages in her sketchpad thus she moved over to a
notebook. The sound of the shutter
releasing made her aware of this shot after the fact. “Mom”, she yelled, “What
are you doing?” “Taking your picture of course”, was my response. She shook her head in disdain at me. I
quickly retorted “You have your hobby, and I have mine”, to that she had no
choice but to smile and shrug. So today I
present to you one of Sherrayne’s many pieces.
My daughter has had no
formal art training, her muses are natural, and she has improved over time and
practice. We’ve bought her a few books
to help her develop technique. Quite
frankly, I do not know if she read any of them, for they still look brand new. Her love of the Japanese culture, prompted
her to join the Japanese club at school, it’s the main thing that she loves
about her new school. The availability
of resources to learn to speak and write the Japanese language as well as learn
the culture. They were visited at the
school by the Japanese ambassador and were told of scholarships that they could
apply for to study there. She is keen on
going off to Japan to pursue her tertiary education. I guess the Eastern world will be seeing me
within the next 4-5 years.
Trinidad’s school curriculum
is different from the one she was used to in Douglasville, Georgia. There they alternated art with music. Here they do art every week. She is now learning to apply her natural
talent to other genres of art. Her
homework often consists of pieces of still art, mosaics, sculptors, fabric, papier
mache etc. At her end of term exam, she
was one of the very few that shaded their assigned piece. She was awarded first place in her art class
for it. I am proud of my little munchkin
as I fondly call her with what she has accomplished in this short space of
transitional time.
I really should’ve asked
her the name of this piece, but she is at school now, so I’ll have to name it
whatever I want.
Sherrayne's Piece
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