Little Artists

As Madeleine's drawing skills continue to improve, I sometimes have a difficult time deciphering which child is the artist behind various pictures.  I have to rely upon the tell-tale signature artistic elements of each kid to come to a sure conclusion.

For Julia, the square crotch and wide, child-bearing hips are her signature:

Sometimes the hips are wider than others; for example, the left-most girl in the picture directly above looks like she must have a very difficult time walking with a body like that.  I'd imagine her walk to be more of a waddle, compared to the narrower-hipped, but still square-crotched, friend beside her. However, the body type that Julia draws, albeit with variations, is still pretty consistent.


Madeleine tends to draw more realistic body proportions, but she also tends to draw hollow, soul-less ghoul eyes:

Madeleine is also prone to copying down random words that she sees on products at the tops of her artwork; hence, "Sharpie" on this drawing.


And while Madeleine has a good sense of body proportion, she does frequently draw people with no arms:

The Native American, back from the dead to haunt the white man who chopped her arms off.


In general, as you blog-readers very well know, Madeleine's artwork nearly always has a creep-a-zoid factor to it:

And as you can see in the image above, there are frequently unidentified flying creatures in the sky in Madeleine's pictures:

It's good to know that, despite the fact that Madeleine emulates Julia and often attempts to copy whatever she's drawing, both girls have their own individual, unique artistic style!