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are few things I find as mesmerising as watching someone paint or draw,
and when that person is a child, then I think I love it even more.
This week, one of the tasks on the agenda was renovating my teenage son's bedroom. That delicate moment , at 15 years old, when he is ready to leave behind his child's room and assume a style that says ME!
What to put on the walls came under discussion, and I mentioned how much I liked his charcoal portraits he had done at school last term. We found a couple of black frames, liked the way they looked, and from there he decided to draw a few more.
I left him in peace, and by the end of an afternoon, we found ourselves with a little portrait gallery. I love it!
This would work very well with any children's (or adult's!) drawings. What brings it together is the uniform style, and the simple frames.
Its like most of the stuff I show here. No bling bling, just a simple idea, put together with care.
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Wow! How ironic! I just now had some of my drawings from a drawing class I took in college (as an elective and naively thought it would be easy...OMG, was I wrong! ha ha What was I thinking?! I could hardly draw a stick man before I took the class...the class did show me there was a little talent lurking within!) framed EXACTLY like your son's black framed ones with the white mats...I got them back yesterday after shuffling them around for more years than I care to admit! Now to hang them in my office hopefully today and your post has truly inspired me to do so. Your son is very talented and I know he will enjoy having his artwork in his room! They are really awesome! Merci for sharing!! "See" you tomorrow!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea. He is quite the talent.
ReplyDeleteA brilliant idea - it looks fittingly artsy and cool - perfect for a teenager!
ReplyDeletePaula x
Love it!
ReplyDeleteYour son is talented! We have just re-done my son's room - he's just recently turned 12, but he was ready for a more grown up room.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful way to decorate your son's room and to encourage his talent as well. Such a great mom!
ReplyDeleteSuch a great idea! I always think it's important to make a child, especially teenager, feel important and by decorating his space with something he created, that creates a space especially unique and inspiring for him. Great job, Mom! ;-)
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Tim
Your son is so creative. An artist in the making. His room looks like an art gallery.
ReplyDeleteWhat great art your son created. I love the faces and especially when they are framed so simply and grouped together.
ReplyDeleteI love a group of artwork..this is wonderful!
ReplyDeleteHello Sharon
ReplyDeleteA beautiful wall. Your son show strength in his drawings and good proportions. He has energy in his drawings, which I love
Thanks for sharing
Helen xx
What a great idea. He must be very pleased.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite piece of art in this house (in which there are literally HUNDREDS of pictures) is one I found last week.....amidst all the rapidly boxed-up stacks of stuff from my studio/office in the former house (as you know, I moved last month).
Going through the boxes and putting things in their new places, I came across a large-ish (12" x 14"?) cartoon of Sponge-Bob Square Pants. He's grinning maniacally (when DOESN'T Sponge Bob do that?), waving some sort of stick (I think it's supposed to be a pencil)...and there's a balloon over his head, in which is written "Uncle David? Cud You draw this well when you were 11? Will"
I'm assuming that my nephew drew this and "hid" it for me in my studio during one of his recent visits. I telephoned him in Tennessee, told him I'd found it (he giggled his head off, as though he'd REALLY TRICKED Uncle David this time)....and said that, no, I "cudn't", at age 11, draw as well as he can, but I "cud" spell better. (for better or worse, Uncle David was a teacher for many more years than he's worked as an artist.)
I love this picture. I've framed it and hung it over the computer monitor as a sort of daily admonishment.
Level Best as Ever,
David Terry
www.davidterryart.com
P.S. Well, I knew that you were a generally nice person, Sharon, but I didn't know that, additionally, you're an EXTRREMELY tolerant and forbearing mother.
ReplyDeleteYou let your teenage son have a set of drums in the house? that's the one object I and my two brothers were always told we'd better not even THINK of owning.
----david terry
Love your son's room and his artwork. Very nicely done. What a wonderful way to encourage your son too.
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Nicely done. So great for your son to know that he participated in the design of his room! When my daughter turned 14 I have her one wall for graffiti. She loved it, and so did her friends! (no spray paint though;)!
ReplyDeleteWow your son is truly talented and I love that he was able to decorate his room in such a personal way. Also, you both did such a wonderful job of making it a room "cool" enough for a teenage boy but still with a masculine, sophisticated feel.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea to show off the Picasso living in your midst! The art wall looks fantastic. Getting my boys' rooms redone was on my to do list this summer and we finally picked the wall colors - navy blue for my 14 year old (red and gray accents) and turquoise for the twins (orange and white accents). It is so much fun to have them involved in all the decision making! Thanks for sharing, Cynthia
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