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I Collaborate With My 3-Year-Old To Create Modern Art
I Collaborate With My 3-Year-Old To Create Modern Art
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When my little boy Kylan was 3 and 4 years old, he loved drawing patterns. He was obsessed with order, symmetry, shapes and patterns. Starting as scribbles and swirls, they soon started to become quite intricate and beautiful, modern abstract pieces of art in themselves.

I always wondered what it would be like if I coloured them in and made them into abstract pieces of art. So, I picked my favourite pattern and digitally painted it.

The results were amazing and we decided to do a whole series of them, you can see 7 of them below with Kylan’s original drawing side-by-side.

More info: modern-enlightenment.com | Instagram

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    Hello. I'm the Ideas Man.Well that’s what my business card says, so it must be true. It’s a title I’ve had for over 20 years running a branding agency, spending my days coming up with ideas for clients all over the world. From names to brands, from campaigns to clever copy, I’m always thinking and creating. I also like to come up with creative projects and fun ideas.

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    Mr Dodd

    Mr Dodd

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    Hello. I'm the Ideas Man.Well that’s what my business card says, so it must be true. It’s a title I’ve had for over 20 years running a branding agency, spending my days coming up with ideas for clients all over the world. From names to brands, from campaigns to clever copy, I’m always thinking and creating. I also like to come up with creative projects and fun ideas.

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    AvinashHemmady
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    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Stunning idea. I`ll try this with my son :)

    Arty
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Proof that modern art CAN be done by a 3 years old :P (just kidding! ...and maybe trolling a little bit }:D)

    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thanks for the lovely comments everybody. We had fun doing them!

    bubamara
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Awesome, amazing and great :-)

    Anne Wild
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I made this one too with my little sister a while ago. It was fun.

    KristyMaczko
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What medium did you use to paint?

    Cody
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What kind of paint you use?

    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hi Cody, I did these digitally so no paint just textures, filters, layer effects and lighting.

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    CleverFool
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The purple one looks like it symbolizes depression, and a few of the others look like love.

    SallyVogel
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They are beautiful but I see a difference between the colored ones and the ones the boy has drawn. I don't think the child did the colored ones, they are too controlled.

    JoakimUtterhall
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    9 years ago

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    I'm sorry, but this is fake. Easy to see if you compare the paintings to the drawings his son actually did draw.

    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hi Joakim. In what way? We worked exactly as I've explained with all the black patterns drawn by my son, and then colours by me?

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    AvinashHemmady
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Stunning idea. I`ll try this with my son :)

    Arty
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Proof that modern art CAN be done by a 3 years old :P (just kidding! ...and maybe trolling a little bit }:D)

    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thanks for the lovely comments everybody. We had fun doing them!

    bubamara
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Awesome, amazing and great :-)

    Anne Wild
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I made this one too with my little sister a while ago. It was fun.

    KristyMaczko
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What medium did you use to paint?

    Cody
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What kind of paint you use?

    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hi Cody, I did these digitally so no paint just textures, filters, layer effects and lighting.

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    CleverFool
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The purple one looks like it symbolizes depression, and a few of the others look like love.

    SallyVogel
    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They are beautiful but I see a difference between the colored ones and the ones the boy has drawn. I don't think the child did the colored ones, they are too controlled.

    JoakimUtterhall
    Community Member
    9 years ago

    This comment is hidden. Click here to view.

    I'm sorry, but this is fake. Easy to see if you compare the paintings to the drawings his son actually did draw.

    Community Member
    9 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hi Joakim. In what way? We worked exactly as I've explained with all the black patterns drawn by my son, and then colours by me?

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