Being Artistic... Genetic or Honed Skill?

My two oldest sons have been showing interest in arts. Painting, drawing and coloring to be specific. I have compiled maybe at least a thousand pages that are keepers. I am not sure how to archive them yet. For now I am placing them inside a clear plastic and inserting them into a ring binder.

My wife and I are always having fun whenever the issue of where our kids got their artistic skills. I would always refute her when she says "they got it from me!". I always say that it must be from me as I have an art collection too. I have it stashed somewhere (If I can only remember where). If it was performing arts, then maybe it was from he. Hahaha!

They recently submitted one of their work at my wife's company that held a drawing contest with a theme "Safety". They selected 13 entries that they used in their 2011 calendar. Aloysius and Achilles submitted their drawings and they were fortunate to have their work included in the calendar. They also got $50 each as prize. Great job boys!

Colors of Autumn

It seems like just weeks but I have been away from my country of origin for more than six months. I came from a tropical country and is now experiencing autumn for the first time. I believe it is better know as fall here in North America. I did a little research and according to Wikipedia it starts from the month of September until November. It is a transition from summer to winter. I think the weather is nice this time of the year, it is not too hot nor too cold. We did not have work last November 11 so I had time to roam around and take some pictures that depict this time of the season. And I would like to share some of them.

More photo's can be found on my multiply account. Please see link below:

Colors of Autumn

Arts and Craft

I have always liked drawing, painting, sketching and coloring. It is too bad I was not able to hone these skills. I was not fortunate enough to have the necessary materials to be able to do so. Aside from that, I was distracted by the cartoon robots that were shown during those days. I would also prefer to play with my friends which is free so I forgot all about my love for drawings. My eldest son Miggy seem to like arts/drawing and recently also his younger brother seem to be getting interested as well. If my kids are performing well in class and they got it from their mother. The artistic side would definitely be from me (I hope my wife will not be able to read this blog as she might differ. LOL)


My kids and I have a lot of drawings/sketches, paintings and crafts we did in the past. I have photographed them and uploaded them in Webshots and Facebook. The links can be found below.

Link 1 - Arts & Crafts

Link 2 - Colored Drawings

Link 3 - Sketches

Link 4 - Others