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Painting by Number with Children

Children, really enjoys my paint by number  hobby. For years now they  has liked to wake up in the morning and find my canvas sitting on the dining room table a sure sign that Ive been indulging. He is proud of my progress and he always thinks that anything I paint is a masterpiece!

Then a few days ago he requested that he could sit with me while I worked on my paint by number . I asked him if he wanted to do his own drawing while I painted but he said no. He just wanted to watch.

He helped me clear my space and set up my little paint by number kits . I asked him what part he wanted me to paint and he chose the pink flowers (see the photo of this work-in-progress on the right). He watched with fascination as I mixed the colors and began to paint carefully. After a few nights we have settled that it is his jobs to tell me what to paint next, to remind me if I have skipped an area which has the right number, and wash my brush between colors. He also finds it necessary to gently chide me if I go outside the lines he is in kindergarten and he knows whats important in life!