John is such an artist, that he's compulsive about it. He'll get a picture or an idea in his head and the world stops until he can get it down on paper with markers or paint. That was the case today, he had a picture in his head on the way home from school and had to create it the second he walked in the door.
My sister, Susan, is an artist/art teacher and has shown John how to do a rough sketch of his idea before painting. At first he wasn't thrilled with the idea of following a process, he just wanted to do it his way. However, the lesson obviously stuck because walking in the door from school today the following conversation occurred:
John: I'm going to draw my picture in pencil before I paint it, that way I can get it just right.
Me: That sounds like a good idea, just like Aunt Susan showed you. That's how artists do it, and she's an artist.
John: Yeah, and she's old.
Apparently John respects Aunt Susan's "experience".
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