collaborating
after a few friends passed THIS onto me because it made them think of Lily and i, i thought it would be fun if she and i collaborated again on some art
you may remember this collaboration?
this time around we have been just lightly collaborating
nothing too thought out, just some loose doodles while coloring
but let me tell you something about collaborating…
it is hard
for me anyway
i can be a bit (understatement) of a control freak even when it comes to my art and collaborating with Lily can sometimes put me internally over the edge
during our collaborations i am in charge of the drawing part and Lily is in charge of the coloring and decorating part
sometimes when i am done with a drawing, i am happy with its simplicity and might not feel like handing it over for color
or sometimes i might not be feeling what Lily (the almost four year old) is doing as far as decorating is concerned
at times i think these collaborations are a greater exercise for me
they definitely test my controlling ways
i am curious, have any of you collaborated in art with your littles? and how do you feel about it?
happy ARTsy wednesday and happy collaborating!
mirari
October 2, 2013 @ 1:21 pm
i love this idea of collaborating art! i find it a good excercise mum-daughter.
Claudia
October 2, 2013 @ 1:31 pm
@Mirari,
yes, it is a very good mama-daughter exercise 🙂
jane at the flight platform
October 2, 2013 @ 5:48 pm
when you first posted about this sort of collaboration i adored it and my first response was I MUST DO IT!!! but then for all the same reasons you listed here, i decided i simply couldn’t do it, i was scared i would be hovering going ‘oooo don’t you think green there not pink and don’t cover that line and why are you doing that?!!! it scares me actually! perhaps i should do it! i have used their body outlines and foot prints and used them as a starting point for embroidery and also used their own art and brought it into my own pieces…that’s as close as ive come to collaboration! If you look on my ‘mind the gap’ gallery at the top of the blog you will see some of this….especially in the piece, ‘holding onto outlines, which was inspired by their own artwork and footprints! it was done in a hard time when tily was first diagnosed and for her sensory issues we were trying to get her used to more touch doing fun things she liked and drawing around her was one thing that hit it all….so it became a form of therapy for her…..whilst mummy fell apart! so i used these images to create a piece that spoke about me holding onto the outline on my life and hoping for things to get better ! x
Claudia
October 2, 2013 @ 8:12 pm
@Jane,
i think it is great that you use their own works in your pieces because i think it is such a big part of what makes you make the art you are doing. i do think that you should try to do a collaborative piece like i have been doing with Lily. it is not easy sometimes when you are a bit of a control freak but it is such a good exercise for that. and to try to remember that sometimes it is not about the finished product itself but the time spent doing it. xo
jane at the flight platform
October 6, 2013 @ 8:19 am
hello my lovely, just wanted you to know i am starting a new Sunday art post and this post featured in the first one today! So you are linked on the flight platform…have a wonderful Sunday xxxxx
Claudia
October 6, 2013 @ 12:19 pm
@Jane,
aw, thank you friend. happy sunday to you! xo
lu
October 7, 2013 @ 10:24 am
muito, muito giro!
Claudia
October 7, 2013 @ 12:04 pm
@Lu,
obrigado! 🙂