This week's I Heart Faces challenge is Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes...Anything but a Face. I am so excited to submit Nicholas's Chalky Chucks. This capture goes down as one of my all time favorites.I captured the photo after reading Chris Orwig's Visual Poetry book. If you haven't read it, it's a must! After I uploaded the print to Flickr, the photographer/author, himself, commented that he "loved" this "No Faces" shot--specifically the moment and colors. How cool is that?! A poster-sized version hangs on Nicholas's bedroom wall.
About the photo:
You will notice that a three-year-old Nicholas is standing in his "house." This was the first time that I realized my little guy may have artistic ability. Perhaps one day he will join the ranks of 3-d Street Painter, Tracy Lee Stum. For now, I am enjoying his pretty accurate diagrams of our house, roller coasters, animals, and various locations around town.
And when he uses chalk as his medium, I actually take pleasure is scrubbing his knees.
Check out other captures at I Heart Faces this week here.





5 comments:
Ooooh love this! Love his yellow converses too!
And his depiction of your home looks very much like Neverland or a theme park! Gorgeous kid!
Love the chalk on his paints - it's all very Jackson Pollock!
How cool that the author commented on your pic! I LOVE it! And the colors are awesome! This one looks like a winner to me! :)
oh just love this! :)
Oh, I too love children's art. Thanks for the reference to Visual Poetry. I will have to check that out.
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