Drawings of the kidzz

These "drawings" of the kids were the first pieces I worked on when we moved back to Portland. I felt my drawing muscles had atrophied and was again trying to understand the basics of drawing/painting--dimension, planes, color, and composition.

After I cut the pieces of wood, I let the kids paint or drizzle or do whatever they wanted to the raw wood surface using white gesso, then I proceeded to try and find the portrait within their own drawings/markings. It was fun trying to teeter back and forth between the kids work and mine taking visual prominence.