Art Day
Because of this....
....lunch was here.
Every once in awhile, we make it an art day. This morning, I woke up and it was pouring rain. We have a busy week ahead of us, and no sun in sight till the end of the week, so I decided it was a good day for an art day. We broke out the paints, markers, pencils, paper, smocks and other items first thing after breakfast, put on the classical music and let our imaginations fly. We took a break for Eric's violin lesson, and lunch, and then finished up after a few more hours of art making.
We do art as part of school, little things here and there, but the real fun is when I put no limit on time or what they are going to do, and we just relax.
Eric told me that this has been one his happiest days in a long time. What a wonderful thing to hear! I told him that was because I was tickling the left side of his brain today! (is that correct? left or right?) anyways, his natural bent is all things in the arts, so that side of his brain has been fully satisfied today with all of the music and art he has done.
Painting the letters of his name in camoflage to match the room decor.
I wondered how long they would last today. I would say that they didn't even notice that it was raining outside!
Mom even got a little creative
Wishing for the warm spring days when my clothesline is as beautifully adorned!
1 comment:
Heather ~ I, too, used to save art projects for rainy days! We used to get way too many gifts for Christmas, so one year I asked my family to give us art supplies. Wow...I still have some of those supplies in our school closet...and that was 15 years ago!
I love the picture you painted. Whatcha gonna do with it?
Thanks for an inspiring post.
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