Brody's First Masterpiece

This weekend I FINALLY got around to doing the art project with Brody I talked about doing a few months ago.



I had told him the night before we were going to paint in the morning, and he was ready to go, by no later than 7. Can we say EXCITED??? He did a great job, and listened to what I wanted him to do for the most part. I let him choose his own colors and after he had established a pretty good base of color, whatever tools and brushes he wanted.

Here he is going at it. I had already covered up a few parts that I thought were cool. He kept wanting to paint over them.

Here is his again - mid process. After a few layers of color, I would take sections and cover them up with saran wrap, newspaper, and tin foil. We used brushes, sponges, toothbrushes, mixing sticks, anything I could think of. I let Brody use his hands too, towards the end.

This one was mine, mid process. I always forget how much I love to paint.

Here is Brody's, putting on the finishing touches with his fingertips.

This was mine before I ripped off the layers.

And Brody's before taking off the layers.

Tada!! Brody's first masterpiece. I love it. So does he. He can not wait to do it again!!

And here are the two finished paintings. They are already hanging on the wall in my bedroom. I plan on doing this again in the fall, with two more different sized canvases to add on to our collection.

Edited to add: I am entering this in a toddler art contest over at Toddler Craft! Wish us luck!!! EDITED: HE WON!!!!!!!