Boy, 6, Paints Like a Master

That's truly incredible! I think we should all encourage our children to use their creative instincts to do what ever they wish. Http://www.artsandcraftssecrets.com

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Marla Olmstead maybe not, but from the little I saw of Kieron Williamson, he may be a child with an incredible eye and a very well controlled hand. May his blessings be enjoyed and in due time recognized.

There are gel water-color pigments that look like oils. Some of them are latex-based, and others are in a protein based gel form. Most of us are used to the hard and chunky water-colors we grew up with.

If this article was first published in August 2009, LAST YEAR, like it says at the very end of the article, then why is AOL running it again, acting like it's "news"... News implies that it's oh, I don't know, maybe something NEW, and not a YEAR OLD?!!

Uh his paintings DO look like things! What the heck are you talking about?

This kid is incredible, his talent would be incredible for a 40 year old

It never ceases to amaze me that so-called "critics" both professional, and the idiots who just throw their insecurities around in the form of judgement about something that is creative and pure as this young man appears to be, more often than not can't find their own butts with either hand. Granted he may or may not be the real thing. More than likely he is very real and has talent that only comes through from that "pinhole of LIGHT" that we all wish would shine on us. Michaelangelo, DaVinci, and all the other "Masters" I would assume also started their talents as early, or earlier than this little boy. So, why not just give him the benefit of the doubt rather than discount what he may be before knowing the truth? As for you Chris, we as humans tend to want to see in others what we truthfully KNOW about ourselves.

At his age, not only was I making actual artistic drawings, I also did my first repair. An old wind up alarm clock.
Completely reassembled and working.
That's abstract work which anyone, even elephants and more recently a lady with 36DDs, can pull off.
Maybe he watched an episode of Bob Ross on tv and thought he could do the same...

Give him a 6B pencil or a black pen and lets see what he can do.

"In 2004, the U.S. became taken with a 4-year-old girl named Marla Olmstead whose works were compared to Jackson Pollack. At the time, Marla's paintings were selling for as much as $24,000 and she was featured in The New York Times. "


Which, to me, says a lot more about Jackson Pollack and the crap he produced ( and pawned off on a stupid world ) than it does about the 4 year old.

Not only his talent, but his work ethic is impressive.
Completing a painting that complex is no small thing.

Watercolors can be bought in tubes like oils. They handle like "toothpaste" and can be thinned to whatever the consistancy desired with water. Oils need linseed oil when thinning is necessary.

There are relatively new paints called water soluble oils. You can use them with terp. and linseed oil like oils or water like watercolors, Haven't tried them yet, just bought them but was assured that, in fact, they can be treated like watercolors and a finish can be put on so they look like oils without the messiness of the process.
But so what? People seem to get caught in the details in these stories and miss the point. The boy is GOOD, very good. Cynacism is fine, cynic is my middle name, BUT. .
I know of situations where adults have tried to foist a lie on the public for their gain, but until there is proof, be quiet,
Please withhold the title "Prodigy." It is the kiss of death for many people who are highly praised at a very young age and can't manage being an adult without the "wow" comments that a cute little person with talent gets. Often a prodigy quits the skill as an adult because he/she is burned out, can't meet adult demands, etc. Treat these kids with care, they, as all kids, are precious.

Art is what the person thinks is art. Art expresses emotion, adds to the "real world." Or art represents the real world -- like photographs, So art is what the person (artist or appreciator) thinks is art. Elvis on velvet doesn't work for me, but it does for others, Enjoy it! As I enjoy the Impressionists, Give me Monet, Degas, Cassatt, etc. anyday. But that's my opinion. Criticizing what you don't like or don't understand doesn't make you intelligent, just narrow-minded. If stated as an opinion, that's fine -- we are all entitled to our opinions -- WE ARE ALL ENTITLED TO OUR OWN OPINIONS. Get it???

water colors comes in both tubes and that weird block form. . . Water color in the tube is actually known as Gaouche if you want a technical term.