Stuff@6: Detailed line drawings

Batangthomas hasn't outgrown Thomas and Friends. But at 6 and 1/2, his interest in it has developed from merely watching the show, fancying sets and using his own sets out of Thomas & Friends & non-Thomas & Friends toys in his 'monologues'.

On Fathers' Day he wrote on his card for Loloheart "Thomas Learns a Lesson" -- his first very own written short story. Also at this stage, we noticed that he's been paying much attention to each engine's details. No, not just how many wheels and how short or what color their funnels and boilers are -- but how different each engine's coupling rod, dome, what type of engine they are (Doncaster? tender engine?), etc. He also tries to show the facial expressions on the engine characters' profiles. He expresses this evolving interest in engines' external details thru his line drawings:






He's begun making Thomas & Friends line-drawing comics too:







According to him, that's how Gordon 'the mightiest engine's' coupling rod should be.


Ya, he hasn't outgrown Thomas. He just tends to mix it up with his other recent favorites. For example --

On another note, he says:

Paborito rin niyang idrowing sina Sponge Bob. Maihahambing na sa dati niyang versions :)

Isa pa nga pala sa mga aklat na gustung-gusto niya ang 'The Spectacular Tree', kwento tungkol sa isang puno ng acacia sa University Avenue:


His Grade 1 Teachers saw his drawings for the first time when they came to our residence to facilitate our son's preliminary exams. They remarked that he's very much suited for the Art Club. Kaya lang kahit ilang beses tanungin, sa Math Club pa rin niya gustong sumali. :)