Yesterday was "take your child to work day". Emily and Jesse stayed home with me to experience the day of a freelancer. I had Jesse (nearly 15yrs) work on his 7 page essay that's due on Monday (since he hasn't started the blasted thing!) and Emily (10 yrs) was assigned a one page magazine poem to illustrate. I provided her with the poem with its layout and after she finished her sketch she decided what medium she wanted to work in. I figured she'd want to work with watercolor and colored pencils (it's her favorite) but I think the stash of papers I've been collecting was calling her name.
YAY, Emily! I love it.
I especially love the wet feet marks and how she decided to show the duck waddling away AFTER his swim. I would have gone a different way and I like her idea MUCH better.
Of course, we all know how frustrating writers/illustrators block can be. We were experiencing some of that so we decided a trip to the movie theatre might help a bit. =o)
Yay Emily! Great illustration!
Posted by: janee | April 27, 2007 at 11:18 AM
Looks like Emily takes after her mother in the talent department! Lovely illustration :)
Posted by: Sweet Pea | April 27, 2007 at 01:31 PM
Very cute. Emily is talented like her mother!
Posted by: Anette | April 28, 2007 at 04:26 PM
Oh my goodness Roz! This is fantastic. Anette's right, Emily has picked up your talent.
Posted by: Paige Keiser | April 29, 2007 at 09:26 AM
Thanks so much everyone. She is loving the comments you are posting. I appreciate you taking the time to let her know how cute her piece came out!
Posted by: roz | April 29, 2007 at 09:35 AM
What a great idea to have her illustrate a poem! Great idea I will have to remember for when my kids are older. I love Emily's artwork. It's so cute!
Posted by: Shawna Tenney | April 29, 2007 at 07:38 PM
Go, Emily! Go, Emily! Great work!
Hey, I have a 10-yr old Emily, too!
Posted by: Liz | April 29, 2007 at 07:57 PM
Emily, you are SO talented! I love the wet duck prints and the little speech bubble that says Quack. Great job- I love it.
Posted by: chickengirl | May 01, 2007 at 11:41 AM
What a WONDERFUL job Emily did! Her eye for composition and color is fantastic. :)
Hopefully Connor will be interested in art as well. I can't wait to see what he comes up with as he gets older. :) We've already begun a collaborative piece. It's very Pollockesque-hahaha!
Posted by: Dee | November 06, 2008 at 10:25 AM