Coloring Outside The Lines

My big girl loves art. I don't mean she loves to color in the color books occassionally, I mean if I let her - art would be the only thing she did all day. From color books to paints, watercolors to projects. Art is all encompassing for her. And I let her go and do her own thing. I don't force pictures of stick people or rainbows. My girl paints abstractly. Can she draw a person? Probably if she tried but quite frankly that's not what floats her boat. She can color in the lines of her coloring book but purple faces and orange hair might be what you find instead of a perfectly colored princess. And, I have asked myself, I wonder if she should be drawing actual shapes and people and trees? Them I tell myself I know she has the ability, she points out shapes around the house, in the car, and in the shopping cart at target. It's just not her to draw it. So I continue to let her color her world from her perspective. I truly believe art is where she feels free. No one telling her what it is that she has to do. I'm going to let her too, I'm not going to stifle her imaginings. So color your world big girl however you see fit. I'm sure Picasso and Monet didn't get famous by doing what they were told.