Timmy has a newly discovered love of art. We searched the internet and downloaded coloring sheets for 100 great masterpieces in galleries around the world. With his coloring pages in hand, he spends hours studying and trying to replicate the Great Masters. Zooming in on the images on the computer, he does his best to copy the colors and the shading that each artist used. Of course, it is a little harder to do shadows with Crayola markers instead of oil paints, but that doesn't stop him from trying!
Using his love of art as inspiration, Scott and I surprised Timmy with a trip to the painting studio on Saturday. We joined the class and we each created our own Snoopy Thanksgiving masterpiece. Timmy, paint brushes in hand and concentrating on the instructor, was truly in his element. He worked throughout the two-hour class, painstakingly following each step and trying to replicate the instructor. At the end of the class, he was delighted with his work.
I suspect that more art classes will be in our future.
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