Nam56's Comments (67)

Good job. Simple sketch but meaningful! I believe the zoo is so happy to have it for its exhibition.

Storm at sea with an empty boat? If my imagination is right, this painting is the best on drawing waves.

I like this painting- very impressive.

I feel the expansiveness of the space, especially with the big sky. I love the mixture of colors used on the ground surface.

Nam, these animals look very cute, almost just like the ones here at home!

I like the layering of color in this one.

Great painting on the winter landscape! Hope you see the real winter snow as in Chicago. You will paint more impressive paintings and enjoy outdoor ice-skating.

Hi Nam, It's amazing painting. I feel, "Rain forest's dancing" Hope one day your Dad helps you go through a small piece of rain forest at dawn and at dusk - Everything is changing even you. Two weeks ago, we bought you a zig-saw puzzle painting on landscape. Surprisingly, our intention is the same as your school project.

Great- very bright colors. It's like "Midnight sun in Arctic."
-- Liem

I like the perspective here. Winter scenes like this remind me of my childhood.
-- Dad

Good detail on this one!
-- Dad

You just keep getting better and better! I love you.
-- Barbara

This is cute, Nam! But how can you see through those pumpkins?? ??
-- Daddy

This must have taken a lot of time and effort. Good job Nam!
-- Dad

Nam, this is a great portrait. I feel that your drawing skills are improving a lot.
-- Dad

Hot! Hot!
-- Liem

Great! Just look at your picture wearing bright costume, I think about a Mexican wearing a "poncho" riding on horse in the desert. (I found out that my imagination is right when reading your school project). Now my proposal is: "Ask your Dad to let you enjoy some Mexican music", that differs with American Cowboys.
-- Liem

Great job Nam! Harry "potter" with his fuming head. I hope that when J.K Rowling sees your painting, she will write more funny stories about Harry Potter's transformation. Please! Sent it to her.
-- Liem

What a wonderful job you did on this horse. I love the way you show him turning his head.
-- Grandma Barbara

Great painting. As free as a wild horse, that's what I feel.
-- Liem

Nam, this is a very cute snowman. Thanks for sharing!
-- Daddy

Thanks for sharing, Nam!
-- Daddy

Nam, this is a great painting. I'm glad that you are learning about perspective. I like the friendly, bright colors.
-- Daddy

I'm so surprised. It's the first time I saw this kind of painting using two simple and contrast colors-black for mystery, and with white lines "the ghost" be seen clearly.
-- Liem

What a beautiful painting. It's in the early morning
-- Liem

Nam, this is a great painting. Very mysterious atmosphere. I can almost hear the water and feel the sea breeze. Thanks for sharing!
-- Daddy

This is great, Nam...Mommy can feel the moving wave and sky around the boat.
-- Hoa

I like this very much, Nam. It looks like you worked very hard to make it just right. Love, Grandma
-- Barbara

Excellent and beautiful. Nice lines.
-- Daddy

This looks great, Nam. I like the curvy lines for the branches.
-- Dad

Beautiful caterpillar. The wings look like clouds.
-- Dad

I like how the red wraps around and into the black. Simple and attractive!
-- Dad

I like the use of watercolors here.
-- Dad

Nam, looks like you spent quite a while on this. Good proportion on the face. Nice work.
-- Dad

I'm also looking forward to dipping our toes into that sand! Nice depiction of the sun, surf, beach chairs and umbrella.
-- Dad

Excellent! I also enjoy spelling.
-- Dad

Hi Nam, I find something funny. when looking at your smile and your eyes. Even though it's not you in the self portrait's painting, it so attractive to use dark colors for hilarious expression. How do you paint your self- portrait? By watching you in a mirror, your photos, or imagination. Good job!
-- Liem

This is so abstract but nice use of color to emphasize the complexity.
-- Hoa

Cool idea...The caterpillar is happy to fly to the blue sky now!
-- Hoa

Such a complex heart :)
-- Hoa

A beautiful heart from a beautiful boy. I love you. Grandma Barbara
-- Barbara

Penguin: I love ice. (icecream).
-- Liem

Angel in 21rst century. Children are moving along with the changing world.
-- Liem

Looks like an angel to me - celebrating the birth of Jesus. Which one is it, Nam? Love, Grandma
-- Grandma

Looks like a happy gingerbread man! Is that a ninja mask?
-- Daddy

Nam, you are so artistic!! Beautiful work!
-- Grandma

I think this is a great looking penguin. Nice use of paper to create a 3-dimensional look!
-- Daddy

"Flying like birds"- A Dreamer. "Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up." Pablo Picasso.
-- Liem

Bird fight?
-- Mom

This monster looks mysterious, maybe a bit shy.
-- Dad

This monster is really cute, Nam. I wish we had him for a pet.
-- Dad

A monster! It's a beautiful painting. Is it " a see through monster, with rabbit's head and chicken's feet" isn't it? I like the combination of colors vividly contrary with the traditional black and red colors for painting the monster. That's great! It seems that the monster was playing in a twister, and the "brown cloud" was blowing.
-- Liem

Fun pic of a running boy :)
-- Hoa

Big surprise! Is it a new move of your painting? I cannot wait until your teacher explains about this project. Don't worry! if my imagination is always wrong but it is my raw and fresh feelings. I and Huong burst in laugh. "Is that you, Nam in Halloween costume?" When we look at the smiling face, an right eye, a Pinocchio nose, and a big mouth, we laugh again, again. It seems that you are running away. But when seeing the photo of the top of your head behind the mask, the combination of a photo and a painting, we fall into very strange feelings. Which is true and what is hidden?
-- Liem

What a beautiful artwork! I love love love it so much, Nam! Keep up the good work! I would love to see many more like this one! So good! :)
-- Yen

Amazing! How can you do that picture ? I cannot. I like it. I hope you do better and better.
-- Grandma Huong

Nam, what wonderful insight into the idea of reflection, even knowing that the reflection will be wavy muted colors in the water. I like the way you filled the whole paper with you drawing.
-- Grandma Barbara

"The great attractive painting", a breakthrough in art. Let my feelings flow. Is this one or two paintings- above and one below? One painting. Don't see it as two. The only "one" creates a strong emotion in me when watching it. It's a 3D painting. Bright blue water and sky are churning around. It seems like small yellow flowers floating up and down peacefully next to four big trees standing firmly. But is there something wrong when the first row of trees (nearer to viewers) is not painted clearer and brighter than the water and trees far away? Let my feelings flow. Where are the trees, leaves, flowers, and water? Nothing wrong, all still sleep in a dim light and covered with a very thin frost curtain. Is it my corner of peace. "Landscape can be changed depending on your feelings" That is paintings not photos. Art = Emotion. It's a breakthrough.
-- Liem

Nam, I really like the way you made the reflections in the water seem real. I feel relaxed looking at this.
-- Joseph

"Who am I?" The small lights are stars on the sky. Look carefully on the eyes of the boy in the picture, I have the feelings of the way I have been gazing up the sky in hope that I will have the answer, but I only received the echo of my question, "Who am I?" All the problems of life on earth days by days still holding me down and the red curtain always in front of me.It is still mysterious as a young boy asking his mother about tomorrow (from a song). That is why I am still gazing up to the sky and ask the same question. The only question have no answer.
-- Liem

"Life- building up" Red for firm concrete blocks, eagerness and ambitions of the young. Blue for visions and success. Not a blue one was at the base. Brown for failures, let them stay at the deepest. Standing on it. White for light or hope. It appeared on the very first day of human beings. Amazing when these blocks are loosely constructed, the feeling of falling apart, but they stand strongly contrary with physics' theory. That's how human evolution is created.
-- Liem

I want to name this picture "No name" Different colors, size and shapes. Dots or not Dots, one or many, moving or not moving. The diversity of dots contain an energy from the reaction of electrons- neutrons and protons, or in a larger scale of human beings, or universe. How about one black dot with some very small specks outside the group? Everything comes from dust and lasts in dust. But it is the real happiness. " After the storm, on the front yard a flower is blooming. "
-- Liem

"A High Flying Balloon", wonderful blue color and the frame at the lower right corner makes me feel it is still flying to the immensity of the universe. Maybe I, a little boy, am standing at this corner. Today each time I saw a balloon flying high in the sky; it always reminds me to the days, around 5 y.o, when a balloon escaping from my hand. Of course, I was crying and watching it until it disappeared while other boys and girls were bursting in joy. However, I felt it was better than finding a deflating balloon under my bed the next day. That feeling appears just in a moment, and replaced with the feelings of wandering as I have been wandering in the world, real or unreal.
-- Liem

Here is our boy at the red door in the art class :)
-- Mommy

This is great. Grandma Barbara loved it so much that she bought a shirt with your artwork here and Grandpa Liem kept analyzing your combination of colors and block placement. High five for your art teacher!
-- Mommy

This reminds me of the bouncy balls that you made with Grandma, using the plastic powder of all different colors.
-- Joseph

Nam, I like the simplicity of this piece. It makes me think of a small hole in the ceiling, looking out into the blue sky.
-- Joseph