Monday’s lesson involved creating your own scratch art paper.  In this case, the kids colored their paper with crayons, and then painted over it with black paint. Once it dried, the kids drew an underwater scene with etching tools and toothpicks to create their art. Underwater scene?  Well, three guesses what Tad drew, and the […]

When Tad was trying to describe what the lesson yesterday was about, he drew a blank and looked to his new teacher.  She said, “Tad, do you remember what I said during the class talk?” “No,” he replied. She looked at me with a smile.  “Well, at least he’s honest!” The lessons were about value […]

It was definitely bittersweet to walk back into the art studio on Monday.  Tad was happy to be back, but there was a definite undercurrent of sadness.  It’s hard to think that Tad’s teacher will never walk through those doors again.  In her place is a friend of hers, who will teach for the rest […]

“Mom, come help me!  I want to build my new X-wing!” This quickly turned into, “Mom!  Build it faster!” And this is why he usually doesn’t get sets this complicated. The X-wing did get finished, but I was too tired to take a picture when I was done.