Dan’s Truck
When I arrived this morning, Cannon was excited to show me the gift Dan had sent him. It was a model of an eighteen-wheeler like the one he drives.
I asked mom who Dan was and she replied, “Dan Kennedy is a childhood friend of Leonard’s. Dan is an 18-wheeler truck driver. Cannon has never met him in person. Initially they communicated through Leonard (cell or text) and now they message each other through Facebook. Dan sent him the truck because he knew that Cannon loved the big trucks. He has sent him other gifts over the years too. Cannon and Leonard hope to visit Dan in Texas and see a Dallas Cowboys game together.”
Cannon pointed out all of the features of the truck and it was clear that the truck would be our inspiration for this lesson.
Cannon is just the right age to fit into what Viktor Lowenfeld (Creative Growth and Development) calls the “The Gang Stage -The Dawning of Realism 8 -12 (years of age), this dawning of how things really look is usually expressed with more detail for individual parts.”
The challenge was to find ways that Cannon could express this developmental need for realism within his fine motor skill set.
We spread out our tools and supplies to find the right things to use in this project. We settled on the small brayer/ink roller the small sponge paint roller with the rounded sponge end, empty medicine bottles (for tire outlines) and small brushes.
Cannon’s
color choices were – black, gray, white, blue and yellow ochre.
Again using the brayer he loaded it with the gray for the trailer, then black for the cab of the truck. I used my hand and forearm to support his arm and hand while he rolled out this major forms.
At other times I used minimal manual guidance to add smaller details the wheels etc.
Cannon considers possible tools for adding license plate numbers.
I hold the canvas while Cannon uses the brayer to color the sides and edges of the canvas.
Cannon really wanted to add Dan’s name on the truck. We decided on an alternative way of adding his name to the composition that would match Cannon’s skills. The rounded end of the sponge roller stamped his name in cloud like circles over the truck.
Cannon was very proud of his truck “portrait”.
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