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Directed by Zack at the age of 2 and 3
At the age of two, Little Zackery's favorite was to watch the Christmas movie about Frosty the Snowman. Out and about, anytime he saw
a figurine or picture of a snowman somewhere his eyes would light up with joy. He also loved to spend lots of time with
Grandaddy and Grandaddy enjoyed doing stuff on the computer. So between the ages of two and three Grandaddy showed Zackery how we could draw pictures of snowmen on the computer using the "paint" program. It became a ritual each evening for Zackery to watch Grandaddy draw these snowmen on the computer. Soon enough Zackery started getting really picky about how the snowman was drawn and would
direct Grandaddy on the specifics of how the hat was to be drawn and how many buttons the snowman would have and what color each aspect of the snowman should be.
We spent many evenings drawing snowmans to Zackery's specifications and soon
enough Grandaddy showed Zack how he could use the mouse and the "paint bucket" icon to fill in various colors for the snowman circles himself. Zackery sure loved this and
we spent lots of enjoyable evenings changing the colors of the snowman, but it wasn't enough. Zackery started asking Grandaddy to draw pictures of the various characters in the movies he was watching starting with the "Wicked Witch of the West" from the "Wizard of Oz" and moving on to lots of others. Grandaddy of course did his best to draw these images, but Zackery was also quite picky about the details of these drawings and would get downright fussy if the pictures didn't have all the details for these characters
just right as he saw them in his mind. It became a real chore for Grandaddy some evenings to translate what Zackery wanted into the picture from what he was envisioning in his mind.
The story goes on and on, but it was quite fun and at some times frustrating for both Grandaddy and Zackery trying to get the image that Zackery was pleased with. (Ever have a two year old try to tell you how to properly draw Willy Wonka's cane? "No Grandaddy, it has to have one of these ones on the bottom and one of these ones on the top!" while pinching his fingers together to make what ever "these one's" means... And the various shades of colors for a cane... light
gray vs. really light gray vs. dark gray vs. really dark gray. Each of the shades of colors had to be just what Zackery ordered for his picture.)
From the age from three to four, Grandaddy would then draw the outline of the images according to Zack's specifications, but
by this time Zackery knew how to use the "paint bucket" tool to pick the colors that he wanted to see. At the age of four, Zackery has now
transitioned to drawing the shapes he wants to see on paper and somewhat on the computer.
I'll sure enjoy seeing what Zackery can come with on his own.
This experience has been an enjoyable one for me so I figured I'd do a little write up on it and share some of Zackery/Grandaddy pictures with you.
These by far aren't all of the pictures Zack had me draw, but they are a good sample of what Zack and I did together for many evenings and weekend afternoons. It was a true
joy and memories I'll have forever in my mind (and now on my web page to boot).
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