I happened to meet two very active and talented kids last weekend. I had last seen them when they were very young (one an infant & the other two years old). So meeting them after 6-7 years was like starting afresh. Both of them had a penchant for drawing and for all the 4-5 hours that we were together, I had to give them a topic to draw and both of them were competing with each other to do it better and get brownie points from me :). After having run out of all the drawing ideas, I finally asked them to draw my face to keep them busy for longer time. And I was surprised to see what came out of the 6-yr old girl's pencil:
I quite liked my portrait .. for many reasons. She did bring out my curly hair, large mouth, snub-nose, eyelashes and of course the double-chin ;) quite well. The earrings are also exactly like the ones I wore that day! The only thing that doesn't have much similarity is my eyes (I am not cross-eyed yet ;) ) and she got teased no end by her older brother about this. I liked this portrait so much that I got it signed by her and brought back with me.
Aah, you can absolutely trust a child to show you the true mirror ;)
4 comments:
Wow lovely picture! The little girl must be really talented. I found your narration quite amusing and impressive. So much so that I read it out aloud to Nilesh. Keep it up!
Thanx dearie! I'm sure Nilesh would be thinking I'm such a nutcase ;). So u played Scrabble too? U r so right abt it being more than just a game but also being part of memories...
Hey Vineeta, First time in your blog. Enjoyed your writing and sense of humor..need to catch up with your old posts now:) cool posts/pics. keep it up!
Thanks a lot Bhavani. Good to see u here :)
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