Rabad the painter
Rabad loves drawing and coloring. She goes to a drawing class three times a week, where they teach her how to copy drawings made by her teacher and then color them with crayons. Even otherwise, she spends a lot of time drawing or coloring – with crayons, sketch pens, or water colors. She can literally spend hours doing this.
Disney's Mermaid - Crayons on wipe-off white sheet
Sometimes she just colors inside an existing picture, like this one of Disney’s little mermaid. This was impressive because the picture is actually huge – maybe 3-1/2 feet by 2-1/2 feet. And she wasn’t satisfied until she had finished coloring the whole thing.
Then there’s this example of a picture that she drew herself and then colored.
House, Temple and Hills - Sketch pens on paper
But more often these days, she skips the drawing part and simply starts coloring – like the next two pictures.
Abstract Painting - Orange and Blue - sketch pens
and
Abstract Painting - Blue and Green - Water colors
Super talent!
Till today the only drawing I can make is somewhat similar to “House, Temple and Hills” and her is still better than my best 🙂
The last one is really good… reminds me of Tare Zameen Par! Just wondering Meetu, don’t you feel like picking up the brush sometimes after seeing such work?
🙂 oh yeah, i play around with her crayons every once in a while and she goes, “nice coloring, mama, good job!”
i doubt i have even half the sense of color that this girl has, i love her combinations. and guess what i get when i ask her, “how do you know to use a brown after an orange?” – “my mind tells me” it seems…
i absolutely love the mermaid one rabad has done… she has also given a shading effect… amazing….
I thought she only had a great presence of mind with her clever answers… didnt know till i saw these pics that she is so good at drawing and coloring
The watercolour is really good. She certainly has a feel for balance and colour. The blue and the green balance each other well, without the use of symmetry, concentric circle or any other forced organization.