After trying for a couple of years to encourage my (now) 6 yo daughter to try drawing/coloring I almost quit. She was just not interested and found it hard work instead of fun. Since I am an artist/ graphic designer myself, it was so disappointing to realise that I might never be able to pass on my skills to her, especially when i know that drawing exercises are the best way towards improving a child?s fine motor skills necessary later on for writing.
A few months ago I decided I?m gonna take revenge (lol!) and if my daughter doesn?t want to draw, I will do it. I ended up with a bunch of drawings that raised my daughter?s interest. I was drawing and she started to want to draw alongside me.
Long story short ?.. this all ended up in an art manual for early ages that I published on Blurb focusing on 3 main skills that my daughter seemed to lack, creativity, color coordination and fine motor skills. I can certainly get into more details if somebody is interested, but I don?t want to bore you with all the instructions here. Let me know if you want to know more about this and I will post them in detail.
Please take a look at the book I have created. I could use some feed-back. Do you think this approach could help your child? Since starting working on this book my daughter does nothing else than using my sketches and drawing and coloring and drawing again. Do you think this might work for your kids?
Please let me know what you think ?..
Check a preview of the book here: www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1217695