Astrid's drawings: from the mind of an 11-year-old

Daily drawings by 11-year-old Astrid, a very enthusiastic young artist, curated by her dad, @Alistair_King. Unicorns | Princesses | Mermaids | Miscellaneous

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What this account is all about. (Tweeting this so I can pin it.)

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Haven’t posted one of Astrid’s drawings for AGES but this, which she just brought over to show me, is wonderful. She turned 11 last month, by the way, just in case anyone is keeping track; I set up this account when she was seven. It’s interesting to plot her progress.

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@leolozone Innit just.

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Four b+w pencil drawings of young women, which Astrid drew while I was away this weekend. She was so eager to show me, and I can see why. These the emojis she says describe them in turn: (🌸)(👒)(🤩)(🧚‍♀️✨).

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Been a while since I’ve posted on here. My fault, not Astrid’s. Now 10-and-a-bit, she’s become more experimental in her work. Here, we have a strawberry, which is natural on its left side and pixelated on its right. Not her best recent picture but she asked me to tweet it.

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@APartridgeQOTD I’ve gone ahead and deleted this anyway. Hope you’re willing to unblock my other account. Honest mistake and misjudgment.

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@Alistair_King @APartridgeQOTD Hi there @APartridgeQOTD. This is my other account. You blocked @Alistair_King. Apologies, that reply was meant to be lighthearted. I didn’t really expect a prize and love your tweets. Very happy to delete mine if you like but it would be great if you were willing to unblock me.

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@Alistair_King @APartridgeQOTD Hi there @APartridgeQOTD. This is my other account. You blocked @Alistair_King. Apologies, that reply was meant to be lighthearted. I didn’t really expect a prize and love your tweets. Very happy to delete mine if you like but it would be great if you were willing to unblock me.

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@leolozone Sick burn, bruh.

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Bit of a grudging effort from Astrid this morning when I asked her to finish her homework by drawing Socrates, who she’d been writing about. His expression seems to reflect her mood.

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@leolozone You might have a point, old son.

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I’ve been a bit slack in uploading Astrid’s drawings recently but this one, the first I’ve tweeted since she recently turned 10, has to be seen. (I’ve found a tactful way to tell her that snowflakes have six points.)

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@DannyKodicek Just her imagination - and perhaps a toy gingerbread man she bought at a Christmas market in Lille on a school trip last week.

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Girl in a green ballgown. Over to Astrid:

"Umm just ignore the fact that she is not in the middle of the red carpet and that the chandelier is not in the middle either 😤😤 but everything else is ok I guess?"

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Googled it. It means 'original character'.

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New drawing; explanation from Astrid (neither of us knows what an OC is): "I saw something on YouTube that said how to make a fruit OC and mine turned out to be a lemon girl 🍋! One of the things the video said was make the outfit your favourite fruit and mine is raspberries😁."

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Park scene pencil sketch with lots of detail, including scarily large eyes, which I haven’t mentioned to Astrid.

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Astrid’s ideal bedroom. Another details-fest. Sorry for the reduced output on this account; my fault, not hers.

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Astrid has asked me to say that this is what Barbie’s baby would look like if she had one as she’s not convinced the likeness with Barbie herself is strong enough.

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Enjoy some rainbows 🌈 without any rain courtesy of Astrid. Have a lovely weekend!

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Fruit + animals = …

Such detail in this wonderfully weird picture… the fruit ears, the animals’ shadows, the lot. I love it!

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Lovely little late-night sketch from Astrid, who should obviously be in bed, but artists don’t comply with rules.