Awesome!!!
I don't think I have anything that goes that far back. I'm sure my mom may have hung on to a few pieces of "art".

Those watercolors remind me of a certain mural in the pool cabana. 

The first rule to becoming an artist is knowing that it takes practice and doesn't happen immediately. However, Those are pretty good watercolors for some of your first tries. :)

Whoa you kept your child's drawings... and they're pretty cute and so are you as a wee lil kid =).

Those are marvelous.  I can see the early brilliance that would later become the you that is you.    The watercolors remind me of your tiles of today.  

 I love seeing the old works of  true artists.  As you say, there may be some talent right out of the womb, but the  idea of time spent and practice  given is so very true. I think many potential artists of renown probably give up, as there is so much effort, practice and time to put in, to get from A to B.  I often subscribed to what you describe above, "what, it can't be perfect in try 1 or 2...I'm off to play basketball".   Not a recipe for high success.  Having too many interests to focus doesn't help much either. 

Though now I'm inspired to go through the old stuff from my Mom's things, and see if any of my 'artwork' is still present.  It might be a bit less than stellar, but would be fun to put them on here.  I DO know my clay pots  and ashtrays went the way of the ashcan man.  Large sigh.  They were lumpy little  dollops frozen in clay-borne time, but  my parents still gave them high praise. Thanks be. Kudos to good parenting and encouraging the arts. No matter HOW lumpy. .   Thanks for sharing your early works. Look forward to seeing more.

Hey Ruth! Good to stop by and see what you are posting about. Your posts always make me smile. Something pure and genuine always shines through and I love it. When I go back to the states to visit my Dad, wometimes I take a peak in the box of stuff I have saved. A few of the things are from art class in elementary school. Feels like a life time ago, kind of makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up at this point. But that's just me. 

I've been having a blast in Thailand since steemfest. Now I'm off to Bali tomorrow to finish the winter for the next couple months. Hope you are well. -Dan

Very cool that you had some of your old work. Interesting thoughts on raw talent vs what can be developed.

Hi Ruth, unfortunately I seen your post too late but still I could not leave it without comment. That is wonderful post and thank you for including your childhood paintings, as every child we were dreaming about lonely island and sea side it is one of the favorite topic of children. I like that picture of your playing in sand, I bet you have lovely memory about that time:)

My hubby, finally could do the pictures of our tiles they are still stuck together and to the stones that would be placed into Iron cast, I hope you are able to see them. They are slightly yellowish I thought it is because they are old, or? Also I have another picture of our floor just when you enter, it is made of tiny tiles but I love the pattern :)


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Wow, better than the things I was drawing at that age. I've uploaded some of it to Steemit but most of it is not colored in like yours. Yeah, I love beaches.

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