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Mom Turns Her 3-Year-Old’s Doodles Into Paintings
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Mom Turns Her 3-Year-Old’s Doodles Into Paintings

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A little over a year ago, Ruth Oosterman wrote on Bored Panda about how she collaborates with with Eve, her two-year-old daughter, to create beautiful works of art. Now, the Toronto-based Canadian artist is back with new paintings. How does this creative duo go about creating their work? Eve, who’s now 3, uses a felt-tip pen to doodle on a piece of paper; then Ruth adds paint to finish the piece.

“I try to work quickly and let imagination and play take root into the painting rather than taking it to seriously, this way I can encourage Eve’s contribution without making it too ‘grownup,'” Oosterman wrote on Bored Panda. “As Pablo Picasso said, it can take ‘but a lifetime to paint like a child.’ I feel so blessed that my daughter can remind me once again what it is to paint like a child by letting me see through her eyes.”

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tarun avatar
Tarun
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The first one looks artistic,I don't think it's painted by the 3 year old

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BakedPotato
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was thinking the same thing. What became the ears... That's a little too precise. All are still beautiful, including that one, anyway.

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BaharackJavan
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So basically...you're teaching your child that their work, conceived and created entirely by themself, isn't good enough...way to go. Sometimes good intentions aren't enough...we are the adults, we are the ones that should know better...and if you don't know, you educate yourself before you try to act like you know. This is one of the worst things, hands down, a person can do to a child...they are 2,3,4,5...they have NO idea that you are building on their masterpiece. What they think is that their work wasn't good enough and now mommy (or daddy, utter teacher, or whomever the heck it is) is making it "better"...therefore teaching the child to, yet again, look outside of themself for validation and worth. NO child should be taught to look to others too make themselves feel good about themself...it is your duty as a parent, teacher, ADULT, to learn how to foster the child's INTRINSIC motivation and worth! The pictures are great, with their "collaboration"...which was in no way an

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PriyankaJatan
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow! That is a super creative way of making paintings! Next mission-my dog.

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Emily
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

These are so sweet and look adorable! I bet youŕe a terrific mom!

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RobertBeaird
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The last one would sell on its own, without her mom's "contribution"

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Anastacia
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

my friend and me did the same while travelling just to have fun sitting in trains for hours ^^

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Maryjoyvergara
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wish i could do it with my son.. You two are adorable... Its a good mother -daughter bonding!

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MementoSomni
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When I was a child, I drew as a child... Mom, can you see it?

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JonPerri
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Let the child express herself. I think her mother has ruined what her imagination has created.

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bubamara
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You're both very talented - why not do an exhibition and raise money for a cause of your choice or organize workshops ....

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octavian
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Some original paintings are quite good. However, mom has talent!

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MilkSchwann
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Either the child is being instructed or it is entirely fake. I'm a master myself at turning scribbles into drawing... for fun, but as a serious artist it is all too obvious that the form in these were preordained, especially the wolf in the night and snow white. Also, sadly, the "child's painting" of the bunny, and the forest in the last picture, are literally better as 'artwork' than the mother's revisit of them. They're figurative, expressive, and a viewer can manifest more with these, than their misappropriated butchering-of-something-tangle counterparts.

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Tarun
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The first one looks artistic,I don't think it's painted by the 3 year old

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BakedPotato
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was thinking the same thing. What became the ears... That's a little too precise. All are still beautiful, including that one, anyway.

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BaharackJavan
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So basically...you're teaching your child that their work, conceived and created entirely by themself, isn't good enough...way to go. Sometimes good intentions aren't enough...we are the adults, we are the ones that should know better...and if you don't know, you educate yourself before you try to act like you know. This is one of the worst things, hands down, a person can do to a child...they are 2,3,4,5...they have NO idea that you are building on their masterpiece. What they think is that their work wasn't good enough and now mommy (or daddy, utter teacher, or whomever the heck it is) is making it "better"...therefore teaching the child to, yet again, look outside of themself for validation and worth. NO child should be taught to look to others too make themselves feel good about themself...it is your duty as a parent, teacher, ADULT, to learn how to foster the child's INTRINSIC motivation and worth! The pictures are great, with their "collaboration"...which was in no way an

priyanka-jatan12 avatar
PriyankaJatan
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow! That is a super creative way of making paintings! Next mission-my dog.

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Emily
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

These are so sweet and look adorable! I bet youŕe a terrific mom!

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RobertBeaird
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The last one would sell on its own, without her mom's "contribution"

asya15 avatar
Anastacia
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

my friend and me did the same while travelling just to have fun sitting in trains for hours ^^

maryjoyvergara avatar
Maryjoyvergara
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wish i could do it with my son.. You two are adorable... Its a good mother -daughter bonding!

momentisimo avatar
MementoSomni
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When I was a child, I drew as a child... Mom, can you see it?

jonperri avatar
JonPerri
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Let the child express herself. I think her mother has ruined what her imagination has created.

bubamara avatar
bubamara
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You're both very talented - why not do an exhibition and raise money for a cause of your choice or organize workshops ....

octavian_1 avatar
octavian
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Some original paintings are quite good. However, mom has talent!

milk_schwann avatar
MilkSchwann
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8 years ago

This comment is hidden. Click here to view.

Either the child is being instructed or it is entirely fake. I'm a master myself at turning scribbles into drawing... for fun, but as a serious artist it is all too obvious that the form in these were preordained, especially the wolf in the night and snow white. Also, sadly, the "child's painting" of the bunny, and the forest in the last picture, are literally better as 'artwork' than the mother's revisit of them. They're figurative, expressive, and a viewer can manifest more with these, than their misappropriated butchering-of-something-tangle counterparts.

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