Sidewalk Art....By My Daughter!
By Sherry Smith
@morgoodie (2645)
United States
June 19, 2018 7:56pm CST
My daughter loves to do art. She loves to draw, paint, and make things from various pieces of recyclables. Over the years I think she has gotten quite adept at creating pieces of good art. In the summer time, she loves to go outside and use sidewalk chalk. She experiments with blending colors together.
This drawing of an eye was done the other day while she was at her grandma's house. They had went to the store and grandma bought different colored and even glittery chalks. She was in heaven and spent a couple of hours creating different pictures on grandma's driveway. I only had a chance to take a picture of the eye though, so I thought I would share it here.
Do your kid(s) like to use sidewalk chalk? Did you use it as a child?
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19 responses
@cherigucchi (14879)
• Philippines
20 Jun 18
You have an artist in the family! My second child is the artist in the family. She is very creative.
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@morgoodie (2645)
• United States
20 Jun 18
Yes my daughter loves to do art. She is very creative and has made several things for her Barbies out of things around the house.
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@cherigucchi (14879)
• Philippines
20 Jun 18
@morgoodie She needs your support all the way and I believe that you are doing it.
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@morgoodie (2645)
• United States
20 Jun 18
@cherigucchi Thank you. I try my best.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
20 Jun 18
The eye didn't show up for me. I'll refresh to see if it will. They have a new spray based chalk, looks like a spray paint.
You should encourage her creativity, she may one day make a job out of it.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
20 Jun 18
@morgoodie Maybe the picture was too big. Try resizing it via paint.
Yes, every mom thinks that their child is the best thing since sliced bread but then it would be a horrible world if mom's didn't think so.
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@morgoodie (2645)
• United States
20 Jun 18
@ScribbledAdNauseum I just cropped it and now it worked. Yes, I can't imagine a world where all moms didn't feel a little biased where there children are concerned.
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@morgoodie (2645)
• United States
20 Jun 18
No for some reason it didn't upload. I got an error message and I thought that the whole discussion didn't load, but it did just without the picture. Not sure what is going on. I might have to try it tomorrow.
I do encourage her creativity and I hope that she can do something with it. I think she is good but of course it is my job to think that.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
20 Jun 18
it's been a while since we saw your last painting.
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@morgoodie (2645)
• United States
20 Jun 18
Thank you so much. She does love to draw and paint. I hope she continues to do it.
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@allknowing (130084)
• India
20 Jun 18
We have what is called rangoli here which is drawn on festive occasions. It is mostly seen at entrance doors. Chalk, powder and even flower petals are used
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@morgoodie (2645)
• United States
20 Jun 18
That is very beautiful. I will have to show this to my daughter and maybe she can do something similar.
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
21 Jun 18
We have chalk over here but it's not called sidewalk chalk but I guess as we call them pavements it would be called pavement chalk. We just have ordinary chalk I think. That picture is fab. She's going to be a great little artist if she carries on like that, 
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
22 Jun 18
@morgoodie My mum was very creative but unfortunately I don't really take after her.
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@morgoodie (2645)
• United States
21 Jun 18
Thanks. I hope she continues to be creative. It's one of her best qualities. Grandma is very gifted and she teaches her some techniques when Grace is in the mood for art.
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@morgoodie (2645)
• United States
23 Jun 18
@sprite1950 My mom did all kinds of hand work like knitting, crocheting, embroidery, quilting, and sewing in general. She used to make baby sets and sell them. My aunt made a baby set for me since my mom was already gone when I was pregnant with my daughter. I still have many of the things my mom made. She taught me the basics of everything but I just didn't have the patience for it.
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@Shavkat (137220)
• Philippines
21 Jun 18
@morgoodie Not at all. I think you can register her in an art class. It would encourage her to improve her craft.
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@morgoodie (2645)
• United States
20 Jun 18
Thank you very much. I encourage her to do more and to keep practicing. It would be nice if she was able to do something with her talent when she is older.
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@morgoodie (2645)
• United States
21 Jun 18
@Shavkat She chose to take art at school next year. But that is a good idea. I wonder if there are any free ones around since I don't have extra money. I will have to look around.
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@popciclecold (35403)
• United States
30 Jun 18
That is a good drawing. My son likes up draw on paper.
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@caopaopao (12395)
• China
20 Jun 18
This is so beautiful. Your daughter is very talented.
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@morgoodie (2645)
• United States
20 Jun 18
Thank you so much. I think she has a little bit of talent. She could improve if she practices more.
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@LeaPea2417 (36500)
• Toccoa, Georgia
9 Jul 18
Your daughter did a great job! She is an artist!
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@morgoodie (2645)
• United States
10 Jul 18
Thank you. I think she did good too! I love to see her improving in her artwork. It makes me proud.
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@cintol (11261)
• United States
20 Jun 18
@morgoodie Haha, I too have a lot of grand children who adopted me after daycare with me. I think its wonderful that they think of me that way.
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@morgoodie (2645)
• United States
21 Jun 18
@cintol What better compliment could you get?? To be adopted by someone as family. It means you did a good job!!
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@morgoodie (2645)
• United States
20 Jun 18
She loves to show off what she has done when she does chalk art. She does it mostly on her Grandma's driveway since hers is smoother than ours. Grandma was actually their daycare lady who we adopted as their grandma. She always had sidewalk chalk too for the kids.
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@Hannihar (129531)
• Israel
13 Jul 18
@morgoodie
That is really cool. I bet you always know what to buy her for her birthday. I remember and still see when kids played hopscotch they would draw on the sidewalk. Also in town artists have drawn on an area and it is really cool to see what they came up with. Also they have drawn on buildings here in Jerusalem. It is really cool to look it. I myself cannot draw worth a darn or paint. I envy those that can. I can only make things on a computer.
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@Hannihar (129531)
• Israel
15 Jul 18
@morgoodie
I learned computer graphics so like to make things on the computer.
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@morgoodie (2645)
• United States
16 Jul 18
@Hannihar I wished I would have learned something like that. I think it would be fun to do.
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@morgoodie (2645)
• United States
13 Jul 18
We used to have murals on the sides of a few businesses in the downtown area. Not sure if they are still there or not. I liked to look at them. I can't draw or paint either, but I still like to create "art" once in a while. I don't think I could make anything on a computer either so you have some talent there. I don't know enough about computers to do anything like that. It still takes creativity too.
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@nela13 (55734)
• Portugal
8 Jul 18
@morgoodie maybe she will take an art university 
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@morgoodie (2645)
• United States
10 Jul 18
@nela13 It would be nice for her to do that. One never knows what will happen.
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@morgoodie (2645)
• United States
8 Jul 18
Thank you. She loves to do art and I think she has some talent. I am hoping that she continues to do things like this.
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@morgoodie (2645)
• United States
20 Jun 18
I did now. It wouldn't upload the image so I cropped it and now it has a pic.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
20 Jun 18
glittery chalks sounds so cool! it would be nice to be surprised by random sidewalk art while walking down the street.
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@morgoodie (2645)
• United States
20 Jun 18
Yes it is really cool. The glitter shows up really well and is very sparkly in the sunshine. They got neon colors too and they are really bright. How cool would that be to have random sidewalk art all around.
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@morgoodie (2645)
• United States
20 Jun 18
Thank you. I think she did a great job too.
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@dgobucks226 (34405)
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20 Jun 18
If Andy Warhol was alive I would tell him to watch out, lol. That shade of blue is terrific!
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@morgoodie (2645)
• United States
20 Jun 18
Thanks. I do like that shade of blue myself. I hope she continues with her artwork and maybe surpass Andy Warhol. 1 person likes this
@saritflor (3914)
• Hungary
20 Jun 18
I can see she puts lots of efforts in the drawing, good job 
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@morgoodie (2645)
• United States
20 Jun 18
Yes she does put her all into what she draws. Thank you.
