:: G & his art teacher, Kai
:: Steve as seen through his son's eyes
:: Me & my Picasso-sized ear
:: The artist's self-portrait
We were fortunate enough to attend an art opening at West County Design earlier this year and meet the artist, Kai Samuels-Davis. We were invited to his studio to see his workspace and paintings-in-progress. Kai asked if he could give Grady private art classes and I jumped at the chance. Over the past three months, Grady has been working on an illustrated book of dogs (of course) and various techniques on shading, perspective and a road map of Tomales. He loves using real artist-grade paper, pencils and paints.
Our weekly visits are the highlight of his week and wishes he could go for "three hours a day". I have so enjoyed seeing my little artist at work and look forward to his growth and exploration this year into what he loves to do.
Kai has been wonderfully patient with Grady and is such an amazing artist. We feel really fortunate to have him in our own backyard and imparting his knowledge and creative influence with our son.
After meeting Kai, Grady mentioned that he didn't know men could do art. Wow. I didn't realize how many female art instructors he's had. I think this will be good for him.
Men definitely make art and so can little boys.
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