Cool Colorings

I posted a while back about Paige's love of coloring. I thought I'd put up some updates for you to enjoy. She loves to have us color in the same book on opposite pictures. A lot of the individual pictures posted here are actually facing each other. Here's an example ...



For you coloring connoisseurs out there I'm sure you know it's not too fun to color in the same book because you have to maneuver around each other. I much prefer coloring together in separate books. One day Paige asked me to color with her. She had picked out two pictures for us to work on together. I agreed to color and told her to color in her book and I'd color in another one sitting there. We started coloring and she disappeared. I kept coloring and after a while went looking for her.

I found her in her room with Doug and she was bawling her eyeballs out. I asked what was wrong. Apparently she was beside herself because my pictures were so beautiful and she would never color as good as me. She was truly sad. I took her back in where we were coloring, sat her on my lap and taught her a few techniques that help me stay in the lines. I also told her I had been coloring since I was a little girl like her and have had years of practice. I have full confidence she will become a wonderful artist if she keeps practicing.

I love Paige and am very pleased with her talent. It's fun to share things with her that we both enjoy.

Preston is an up-and-coming artist. Here's his contribution ...

Paige often asks me to color with her. She colors quite a bit each day and has found that she enjoys using colored pencils every bit as much as crayons. Her favorite ones are now becoming stubs. Anyone know where we can get single colors? If I have to keep buying whole packs we're going to end up with a lot of puce.

Here are my contributions ...

I love coloring too.