This Artist Builds On His Kids' Sketches

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By Molly Horan2013-12-04 10:35:10 UTC

Normally parents are the ones who provide coloring books for their kids, but artist Fred Giovannitti's children are the ones providing something for him to color in.

Whenever Giovannitti makes a business trip, his kids — six-year-old Sofia and eight-year-old Freddi — provide him with going-away drawings. On one trip he realized he could color in the drawings to surprise his kids with when he returned.

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"When I came home, [Sofia] was delighted to see what I did with the artwork and we started a tradition of collaboration ever since with both of my children," he explained.

This family art project has no end date in sight; Giovannitti hopes he'll continue the collaboration, "for many years to come."

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Image: Fred Giovannitti

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