Budding Artist?

Caleb and his rendition of a hare.

trying to get a close up here so you can see the detail he put into (not much luck though).

Caleb has been studying the Renaissance in his history class. For one of their assignments they were to sketch a representation of what was occurring at that time. They were allowed to copy an existing piece of artwork or choose their own subject for the sketch as long as it was something that happened during that time period. The hare that Caleb chose was a representation of the secular still life artwork being done during the northern Renaissance. They had to choose between the Italian religious artwork or the northern secular artwork. The sketch Caleb chose to do was based on a painting by german artist Albrecht Dϋrer.

His teacher and many of the students were impressed with the quality of his sketch. So were James and I when we saw it. Especially since getting him to draw anything for us has been like pulling teeth. The last time I remember him really drawing something was in 5th grade and he had to draw a scene from a book he had recently read. His drawing was so small and indecipherable that the teacher had to send him home with a note requesting him to draw it again and much larger. He was disgusted with the whole process.

However, on this project he did a fabulous job. The photo doesn't do it justice - especially the detail that he put into his sketch. it is quite fabulous and we are so proud of him for his effort.