Horses

It has been a crazy month. We moved from Texas to Wisconsin, we threw in a marathon and a baptism. Do I need to share much more to explain the crazy? I'm sure some would be interested to hear about it, so maybe we will. The kids have been amazing through this whole transition.

This post isn't about the crazy.  This is to share Alayna's drawings.

Alayna checked out a book on drawing horses from the library.  When she told me about the book I thought it would start with all those circles and ovals that you connect and then erase where they overlap. That's what all the learn to draw books I've seen do.

This book had no words just pictures of; step 1: draw this body, step 2: add eyes, nostrils, hooves and ears, step 3: add hair, step 4: finish with muscle lines for definition. 

When she showed me her first one, I thought she had traced it. No, it was all her. 

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First was the horse on the left (it was a foal in the book), then she added the one on the right (which was bigger with a short tail and mane). Oh, and these were drawn in pen because she broke the pencil sharpener trying to sharpen her pencil.

Later she found a pencil and worked on the horse with a rider.

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I know that I am the proud mama talking about this, but I am very impressed with what may be her natural talent for art.