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I Collaborate With My 3-Year-Old To Create Modern Art

When my little boy Kylan was 3 and 4 years old, he loved drawing patterns. He was obsessed with order, symmetry, shapes and patterns. Starting as scribbles and swirls, they soon started to become quite intricate and beautiful, modern abstract pieces of art in themselves.

I always wondered what it would be like if I coloured them in and made them into abstract pieces of art. So, I picked my favourite pattern and digitally painted it.

The results were amazing and we decided to do a whole series of them, you can see 7 of them below with Kylan’s original drawing side-by-side.

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I Collaborate With My 3-Year-Old To Create Modern Art

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StephanieSousa 8 years ago

These are so beautiful

3points

andreso 8 years ago

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ChientekChienn 8 years ago

cool!!

3points

KincsőSzekrényes 8 years ago

I think its a good idea :)

2points

RosalieRioja 8 years ago

good parenting :)

1point

KhatuLilu 8 years ago

Beautiful!

1point

LisaSokoloski 8 years ago

These are beautiful

1point

AvinashHemmady 8 years ago

Stunning idea. I`ll try this with my son :)

1point

bubblegum 8 years ago

Good work! :)

1point

Arty 8 years ago

Proof that modern art CAN be done by a 3 years old :P (just kidding! ...and maybe trolling a little bit }:D)

1point

LindaGee 8 years ago

These are great!

1point

PaulDodd (Post author) 8 years ago

Thanks for the lovely comments everybody. We had fun doing them!

1point

雨薇刘 8 years ago

1point

NatashaForchione 8 years ago

I LOVE the first one

1point

bubamara 8 years ago

Awesome, amazing and great :-)

1point

Anne Wild 8 years ago

I made this one too with my little sister a while ago. It was fun.

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Angel 8 years ago

I love this omg <3

0points

KristyMaczko 8 years ago

What medium did you use to paint?

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Cody 8 years ago

What kind of paint you use?

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PaulDodd (Post author) 8 years ago

Hi Cody, I did these digitally so no paint just textures, filters, layer effects and lighting.

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CleverFool 8 years ago

The purple one looks like it symbolizes depression, and a few of the others look like love.

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SallyVogel 8 years ago

They are beautiful but I see a difference between the colored ones and the ones the boy has drawn. I don't think the child did the colored ones, they are too controlled.

-2points

Mila 8 years ago

Point missed

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JoakimUtterhall 8 years ago

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PaulDodd (Post author) 8 years ago

Hi Joakim. In what way? We worked exactly as I've explained with all the black patterns drawn by my son, and then colours by me?

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StephanieSousa 8 years ago

These are so beautiful

3points

andreso 8 years ago

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ChientekChienn 8 years ago

cool!!

3points

KincsőSzekrényes 8 years ago

I think its a good idea :)

2points

RosalieRioja 8 years ago

good parenting :)

1point

KhatuLilu 8 years ago

Beautiful!

1point

LisaSokoloski 8 years ago

These are beautiful

1point

AvinashHemmady 8 years ago

Stunning idea. I`ll try this with my son :)

1point

bubblegum 8 years ago

Good work! :)

1point

Arty 8 years ago

Proof that modern art CAN be done by a 3 years old :P (just kidding! ...and maybe trolling a little bit }:D)

1point

LindaGee 8 years ago

These are great!

1point

PaulDodd (Post author) 8 years ago

Thanks for the lovely comments everybody. We had fun doing them!

1point

雨薇刘 8 years ago

1point

NatashaForchione 8 years ago

I LOVE the first one

1point

bubamara 8 years ago

Awesome, amazing and great :-)

1point

Anne Wild 8 years ago

I made this one too with my little sister a while ago. It was fun.

0points

Angel 8 years ago

I love this omg <3

0points

KristyMaczko 8 years ago

What medium did you use to paint?

0points

Cody 8 years ago

What kind of paint you use?

0points

PaulDodd (Post author) 8 years ago

Hi Cody, I did these digitally so no paint just textures, filters, layer effects and lighting.

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CleverFool 8 years ago

The purple one looks like it symbolizes depression, and a few of the others look like love.

0points

SallyVogel 8 years ago

They are beautiful but I see a difference between the colored ones and the ones the boy has drawn. I don't think the child did the colored ones, they are too controlled.

-2points

Mila 8 years ago

Point missed

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JoakimUtterhall 8 years ago

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PaulDodd (Post author) 8 years ago

Hi Joakim. In what way? We worked exactly as I've explained with all the black patterns drawn by my son, and then colours by me?

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