Inspired to Create

Where do you get inspiration to create?

Thursday was a beautiful day. After mowing the lawn (and getting my first official sunburn of 2008), I found this:

He had his drawing pencils and sketch book and was creating this:

"Two rotted trees with a stump in the middle"

I was pleasantly surprised when I saw him out there with his sketchbook. We hadn't worked in it since early last Fall, but he remembered all the details of those times: the sketch book, the pencil case stocked with pencils, erasers, and pencil sharpener and then, the blanket!! It was such a precious moment to see him sketching...and inspired by nature.

Seeing that reminded me of another one of his drawings. We were talking about the color red, and here is what he created:

And, it was inspired by this:

YEP! That is my Green Eggs & Ham book from when I was a wee-one! (Back in the days when my sister was still telling me my name was hyphenated!)

While Quintin didn't copy my bunny's Easter baskets in hand, he did offer his bunny many carrots from which to choose for a yummy meal!

Drawing is not something I would do for pleasure - but I receive so much pleasure in seeing Quintin's artistic interpretations of his life and the world around him. What a joy to see his inspirations come to life whether it be in pencil or crayon!