"Paper," she responded, lunging for my bag that really did contain a couple of notebooks filled with blank pages waiting to become something!
In minutes, the first page was filled with the "story" of a vacation at very blue beach filled with abundant waves, colorful sailboats, and dancing dolphins hurling through the waves while happy vacationers settled into their beach chairs on the sandy shore.
As she worked on the details of her second dancing dolphin, the modern-day artist asked me "Google" how a one should look. After studying the image, she refined her craft on successive waves of pages. In time, the tides ebbed and flowed across the island's counter top.
This observer soaked up the real-life moment rather than taking a picture. Therefore, you, the reader, will have to imagine the picture!
This young artist is totally confident of her ability to tell her story. This young artist, poised to begin her public education career, has not yet studied van Gogh; however, I thought of his words as my feet nestled in her sand and I soaked up her ocean breezes:
There is nothing so delightful as drawing
5 comments:
Definitely a proud moment - drawing dolphins on the beach! Thanks for sharing.
What a lovely slice. Lovely, lovely, lovely.
This is a lovely story. I’m sure this young teacher will pass art onto her students. And wait until she sees more work from those master artists!
I can see the blue beach, the dolphins, the people settled on shore as the waves crash out a ways at the ocean's edge. It's beautiful that a new teacher will foster the creativity in others because she sees it in her own life. Gorgeous!
Oh, from the title to the Van Gogh quote, I love this post, Anita. I'm glad you didn't stop "soak[ing] up her ocean breezes" to snap a photo. Your words are much better!
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