Yesterday she was doing some finger painting. Basically she was using her index finger as a brush and painted a flower. So I asked her, "why don't you use a brush, ashu?" Pat came the reply, "Because i want to feel the paint, Amma!" I rest my case.
I don't have her doodles pre 2007. Below is circa July 2007 when the artist was just over two years old and was still pronouncing boat as boot. One of the artists first doodle after the artist moved to live in Switzerland. Those were the periods where the artist doodled first and then based on the outcome, named the art.
Without further ado, presenting the first exhibit.
1. Das Boot.
The below two are early 2008. 2. Octopus and 3. Snake respectively as is obvious.
The next ones are late 2008. A very struggling period for the artist since she became a big sister and was forced to draw stick figures in pairs.
4. The Unhappy Stick Figures.
5. My Sister's Balloon Keeper.
Now we move onto 2009. Where the artist accepted the fact that the sister is here to stay.
6. Resigned To Her Fate.
In mid 2009, at the age of 4, the artist was becoming very fond of writing and started labelling her own doodles.
"Thats the moon and thats the flag on the moon. Its the US flag. And thats the astronaut." - the artist was overhead describing thus to her mother.
9. The Queen.
10. The Flower.
11. Now I know my ABCs.
In a daring attempt, the artist tries her hand in self portrait and labels herself.
12. The Brat.
Later part of 2009 brought a sudden difference in the artists strokes and she comfortably settled in these patterns. So much so that the artists mother can now recognize her daughters crap doodle from the 20 other pieces of crap doodles the school insists on displaying!
13. We are a Happy Family.
Currently the artist has almost abandonded her doodle board medium and moved on to paper. Her mother is running out of storage space. So please contact her by email for trade enquiries and save the rain forest!
