So I was out walking the other day with my wife. Our neighborhood has a nice little walk track that meanders through some woods, exits near some open fields, and then around part of our cookie cutter suburb. While you don't see many kids out nowadays, you sometimes see evidence that they exist. A tricycle in the yard. A few toys. Sometimes sidewalk chalk drawings.
Now, usually the drawings are cute. Little stick figures. Suns with happy faces. Flowers. But when we were walking down in front of some of the houses, we came across this:
Wow. All I could think of was the parent saying 'Would you like to draw some pretty flowers, or our house, or some fluffy clouds?' And the kids saying 'Nah, I want to do a replica of stained glass window art from a 13th century Gothic Cathedral.'
It takes a lot to impress me. And it isn't hard to see how it was done. But you have to admit, that's some pretty darn ambitious sidewalk chalk art.
I don't believe a little child could create that art. I think you should do some investigation to find out who actually did it.
ReplyDeleteNot a 'little' child. About late elementary from the looks of it. Possibly with help from a parent. But still, not bad compared to what is common (and that's no dig against those other cute pictures out there on the sidewalks).
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DeleteThe retired teacher agrees: well within the ability of a talented 5-8 grader.
ReplyDeleteSurprised by beauty! How nice :)
Cathedrals built at any time before the 1970s did NOT have such abstract straight line geometric designs in their windows or anywhere else. They had sacred art - images of Christ and other holy persons, scenes from Bible stories etc.
ReplyDeleteUsually not showcased, but sometimes art in the margins would use shapes and colors as filler. Still, I have no way of knowing what was in the child's mind, I'd just like to think it was close to that.
DeleteThere's two of them! (missed that at first glance) How delightful.
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