Archive for December, 2009
A True Artist
My sister always wanted to be an artist. It all started when she was three-years-old. She would draw these funny little squiggles on construction paper and then my mom would hang them on the refrigerator. When she got a little bit older she began taking art lessons at the local community center.
She got really good, so I decided to support her passion by purchasing her a studio easel. And, by the time she was 15 she was painting full-fledged murals. Today she is a professional mural painter in NYC. Some of the wealthiest people in the world pay her to paint murals in their homes.
Encourage Creativity in Your Kids
A lot of people struggle trying to keep their kids engrossed in creative play. Not because parents aren’t creative but they simply have simply forgotten how to encourage it in young children. This has always been my problem, and despite all of my coloring book purchases and my large stake in the Crayola Corporation I can’t seem to get my kids interested in artistic activity. The most creative things my kids do with crayons and markers is devise new ways to use them as weapons or figure out how to stuff them into electronic devices.
So, I got a couple of kids easels, and ever since my kids have been completely engrossed in a world of creativity and creation. It’s affordable, good quality and both kids can use them at the same time. The best part is that they are too big to fit in the DVD player!