One of the activities the children love to do on Grandparents’ Day is to draw, then paint their special visitors’ portraits.

They had a practice doing it with their friends the session before. The subjects sat across from the artists and held an empty frame up in front of their faces.

The artist drew what they could see inside the frame (or their interpretation of inside the frame) in permanent black felt tip pen.

Then they painted it in water colours …

… and they were absolutely beautiful!

Next session it was our  grandparents’ and special visitors’ turn to be artistically represented.

As the water paints dry so quickly, they were able to proudly bear their priceless gifts home when they left.

Some children barely looked at their subject … but just drew away and included their subjects’ whole body.

While other artists carefully studied everything about their subject and included such details as the picture frame, maybe a pair of glasses, even earrings or a freckle …

… even accounting for the details on their clothing.

It is so interesting to see what diverse stages the children are at!