Before Noel was born, every chance I got, I was in Europe.
Give me a month, a carry-on and a sketchbook; I was hitting all the museums and churchs, hunting down artworks you may or maynot find in the travel guidebooks. For years, I never knew you go to Italy to buy leather goods, or there is the Big Ben in London, however, I pride myself with some hard to find Andrea del Sarto , Tiziano and Charles Gleyre! What treasures!
So it's only nature that I want to share that passion with my daughter. What I was not sure was whether or not she is ready for such trip at age 5, and what astonished me was how much she loved the experience and how much she is just, well, like me!
Noel making drawings in the Vatican museum
Drawing in Bargello museum in Florence. Do you think I force the kid to do this? Wasn't a 5 -year-old supposed to be jummping around the museum and trying to touch everything in sight? I cannot speak for other people's parenting, but for us, art is in every day life and it is in Noel's blood, you should see the pride and joy in her eyes when she showed me her works. I used to attracted tourists in the museums, surrounding, glancing over my shoulders like I am a living sculpture, well, it's Noel's turn now.
Now, aren't these great!!!
And whatever we do, let's never forget about - kitty cats!!!!
