"Vampire Girl" by Tessa and "Untitled" by Trenton

A couple weeks ago we watched a movie called My Kid Could Paint That about a child painter named Marla who painted large abstract paintings that caught the art world by surprise a few years ago and consequently made her family a tidy sum of money and then controversy... Anyway, the kids remain very inspired by her story and the next day both wanted to paint large canvases so I pulled out a couple 16x20" canvases and they set to work. Tessa started creating an abstract painting in the style of Marla by squirting large amounts of paint on the canvas and swirling the paint with brushes, sticks and her hands. It had moments of brilliance that ultimately turned to the mauve-gray that covers the entire background. She let it dry overnight and the next day added a face but when it didn't end up exactly as she pictured her in her mind she started to create the vampire you see here. In the end she feels it is her best painting ever. Trenton's painting was done over two days as well. He was less liberal with the paint and instead focused on trying to achieve the texture he see's on Larry's paintings in the house. There is a richness of layers on his finished piece that is really nice.