Kid Art

Well I'm on day two of canceled school and subzero temperatures so in order to keep my sanity I've found myself alone in the basement organizing and cleaning the kids old schoolwork and artwork.
Is there really anything better than a great piece of kid artwork? There have been times when I've been working on a design that I wanted to have a child-like quality. To recreate the look of something made by a pair of 7 year old hands is near impossible.

My first year in Witte Hall in Madison (1985), room 718 of Pitman House, we decorated our dorm room with a painting titled "Pet Store" that John Melter made. Granted he was in high school when he painted it, but it looked like something a 9 or 10 year old made and there was just something about it. I just loved it.

The problem with some of my kids' pieces is that they are so big you don't know what to do with them. My solution has been to create greeting cards by taking digital pictures of them. With all the companies out there that make cards from photos, it's so easy to do and way more economical and personal than store bought cards. So there you have it. My tip of the day.