ARTIST TURNS DAUGHTER'S DOODLES INTO WORKS OF ART

THIS UNUSUAL collaboration between a mother and her two-year-old daughter makes for some stunning works of art. Canadian artist Ruth Oosterman has transformed her daughter Eve's doodles into vibrant watercolour paintings. The 26-year-old from Toronto, Canada, who always wanted to collaborate with Eve on an artistic project, paints with watercolours on top of Eve's scribbles. The mum-of-one says: "I had given her my black ink pen to draw with, and as I stared down at the drawing I could see a picture take shape

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