Pickles by Brian Crane for March 19, 2022

Creative thinker

harsh, Nelson, but no artist is completely perfect

So, not so different from his own childhood.

Oh, the worst…

Love it when kids are so open and honest!

It looks like Nelson is outside the lines as well.

A little shaky, eh Earl?

White obscures the lines.

Earl needs someone his own age to play with.

“I usually think of those lines as just suggestions – as in you can use them as guidelines if you want. But it’s your coloring book – I can follow your rules.”

Oh, excuse me, Nelson!

Teaching how to color outside the lines is a grandpa’s job!

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Grandpa is a rebel!

Ha! Wait ’til Nelson is older. Like, puberty. Gramps (and all adults) will hear it then.

Trace the lines first….Nelson ain’t taking any chances this time!

The boy’s pretty savvy! I think his grandpa must have been like a couple of the foremen in the plant. It was too dangerous to let them run the machines, so they made the foremen.

I could not color when I was 6 and still can not 50 years later but was able to do algebra in my head at 10.

I KNEW he didn’t want him to mess up his book!

Looks like grandpa needs his own book. It’s kind of special when a lazy old man wants to color with his grandson – they should find a way to make it work.

I’m impressed that Earl is able to get down on the floor like that with Nelson.

From the mouths of the young, so true

How does Earl not know how to color successfully?

Nelson, grampas who go outside the lines are way more fun!

Nelson is turning into a rude, disrespectful grandson.

You should see him drive. :) :(

“Well Nelson, sometimes in life you need to go outside the lines”

Young fellow knows crayon white is difficult to impossible to see.

Outside the LINES.??? – That’s not good..

Earl starts outside the lines and never goes inside the lines.

Put away the coloring book and get some plain white paper. Then you can make your own lines to color around.

i was a stickler about staying inside the lines too!