playroom painting project

These two approach everything differently and painting is no exception. Thomas' painting is controlled, careful and more intentional. He holds one arm back while he paints with the other. He doesn't make a mess and only puts paint directly onto the canvas he's painting. His strokes are mostly abstract, but he did paint a car today. Remember the vintage car from the movie Cars -- was it a Detroit Electric? That's the car he said he was painting. He describes in great detail just what the parts are as he's painting them. "This is the air intake and over here is a big muffler..."
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Meredith's painting, on the other hand, is an experience. She moves around her canvas. She squats, she stands, she even bounces to the songs playing in her head. She holds her paint in one hand and her brush in the other. Sometimes she'll hold a brush in each hand or even two brushes in one hand while she paints. She paints the canvas, the concrete patio, the bin her canvas is raised up on and even herself.
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True, some of the differences are due to their age, but they are also due to their unique personalities. It's fun to watch these little people become big people.