I have always been amazed at my grandmothers ability to paint. It is something I never took an interest in when I was young and I wish I had. During her last visit I asked her if she would spend some time with Jax teaching him some basic techniques using the book I can Draw Animals. Jaxon has always had an interest in art. Having the opportunity to observe them working together make me wish I could freeze this moment in time. It's a moment we take for granted when we are young and as adults we all wish we could have captured more of these moments.
Jaxs chose to draw a lizard which he felt represented his relationship with his great grandmother. During our visits to her house she has gecko's living wild in her house. Jaxon has always loved watching them climb the walls.
We spread out the lesson over a duration of three days. On the second day she taught him what a background was and they painted their backgrounds.
The last day they painted their geckos.
While painting their Gecko's Jaxon completely fell apart crying that his painting was not how he expected it to look and it was not good enough. Now came a greater lesson to be learned, art is personal. It is only what you see through our own eyes that matters. "To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong." (Joseph Chilton Pearce) One of the hardest lessons in life is to be happiest with ourselves and to let go of others judgements upon us as individuals.