Life Through A Child's Eyes Baby Onesie

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This oil that I painted a while ago is part of a larger painting, but now looks more like a charcoal or pastel because of the way I altered it to create this black and white image. This little girl I painted reminds me so much of myself when I was a small child.

The reason she looks sad and wistful is because life is very unpredictable in her world. Things are never what they seem to be. Black is supposed to look black and white is supposed to look white. But not for her because she has grown up in a home where black and white become interchangeable...

So it's hard for her to trust people that she is supposed to be close to. She knows how their unkind words and actions can really hurt her heart. Although she's sad and wistful, she's always hopeful that tomorrow will be a better day.♥

I grew up in the United Kingdom, and immigrated to the USA when I was 19. After attending several different colleges over a number of years, I finally received my BA degree and began teaching children with special needs. However before I got my teaching degree I was a substitute teacher, and got hired to teach art classes in an elementary school in Southern California. The goal of this pilot program was to determine what kind of impact creative expression might have on the academic lives of elementary school students. For six months I taught children how to enhance their drawing and painting skills by providing a nurturing, fun, and supportive environment. My goal was to empower these children through their creativity, and in turn...