Holiday Party

i bought a new phone today.
it got me to take over 200 pictures off my old phone.

here are some faces that i painted at the end of 2008.
to keep some people happy right through 2009.

it's great to be a kid.




























You can contact this Artist at:
optidust@gmail.com
(516)579-4706

New Post

Lol - I was going to show some other Faces
that I painted to help the kids with their
role-playing that I was writing about in
the previous post. But I couldn't manage
adding to that post on this blog. So here
is a new post about it. First I'll show you
some boys who told me what they wanted:





Then I painted a few girls who wanted to be princesses:




And this little girl just wanted the Heart:



I was really on it that day, must have just watched the show or something.
(Or else this child might have had a picture of Diego? I don't remember).
Anyway, I came up with this picture when the child just wanted a picture
of Diego on his arm:



More cuties. Everybody's got to play:





You can contact this Artist at:
optidust@gmail.com
(516)579-4706

Dress-Up

Kids these days need to develop their ability to
play. Sometimes it seems like they don't even
know how.

Dress-Up, if presented as a character that the
child can relate to, is a good way to get it started -
to show these kids how to let loose with their
own imaginations. Sometimes, the adults have to
almost force the kids to start playing - sort of
jump-starting their engines. After walking them
through it a few times, they get the idea. They
are still kids after-all. Kids underneath those
serious, responsible, smart exteriors which are
usually demanded of them.

I like this Zebra face that I created to match
this little girl's outfit:



You can contact this Artist at:
optidust@gmail.com
(516)579-4706