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Monday Baby Blogging: Artist At Work

Posted by Ampersand | February 26th, 2007

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Here you see Sydney drawing on my Cintiq, which is a monitor you can draw on directly. (Much better than using a mouse or even a tablet to draw). Sydney’s concentration can get very intense when she draws.

The program she’s using is TuxPaint, by far the best of several children’s drawing programs I tried out. (And it’s free!) I’m not sure if Sydney’s learning anything about drawing, but she’s definitely learning to use computers; I’ve been really impressed with how much she’s learned about how to navigate TuxPaint’s option menus.

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Okay, I mainly included this photo because I think the corkscrewing of Sydney’s hair is awesome.

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8 Responses to “Monday Baby Blogging: Artist At Work”

  1. bint alshamsa Writes:
    February 26th, 2007 at 4:05 pm

    Hey Amp, I piggybacked off of your post. I hope you don’t mind. If you want to check it out, here’s the address to it:

    Developing Children’s Talents

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  2. kactus Writes:
    February 26th, 2007 at 6:59 pm

    I downloaded this program for my daughter on your suggestion. So far it’s been a huge success.

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  3. Ampersand Writes:
    February 26th, 2007 at 8:39 pm

    Wow, I was just thinking no one would leave any comments on this one, and then two of my favorite bloggers show up - way cool!

    Kactus, glad to hear it. We’ve certainly enjoyed the program.

    Bint, what a wonderful post! Needless to say, feel free to piggyback anytime.

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  4. My Private Casbah Writes:
    February 26th, 2007 at 10:51 pm

    Ampersand’s weekly baby picture post. This week, it shows his little pixie drawing on his Cintiq tablet. As soon as I saw it, I got really excited. VanGoghGirl started out the very same way except she began with the Microsoft Paint program. We used to set it all up for her up until she

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  5. Bill Kendrick Writes:
    February 27th, 2007 at 10:42 am

    Thanks for the plug — I’m glad you two are enjoying Tux Paint! And man… here I am stuck with a non-optical mouse and a CRT. No fair!

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  6. Ani Writes:
    February 27th, 2007 at 3:46 pm

    I am not a parent yet, but I am an artist and a gadget freak who especially has a thing for tablet functionality in computers. It is great to see you introducing your young one to computers at a young age. It will be amazing to see what kids can accomplish when they start so young.

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  7. Ampersand Writes:
    February 27th, 2007 at 3:59 pm

    Actually, Sydney’s my housemate and honorary niece, not my daughter. But thank you. :-)

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  8. Johanna Writes:
    March 1st, 2007 at 11:27 pm

    What an absolutely beautiful child. And very lucky to have you for a role model.

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  9. Elayne Riggs Writes:
    March 4th, 2007 at 6:17 am

    Whoa, those Cintiqs are expensive! (I know because Robin bought one a few years ago with some unexpected inking income, and it was like $3000 then.) I had no idea you had one (did I?)…

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