Bathed in Art Media

The excitement over new tools in the playroom has not subsided. I woke up to the 500 piece Renoir puzzle already in action, a trail of water leading to the children's new volume and weight scale, and tuning forks. After an hour of sitting with the kids, I sought refuge and headed to get my coffee and breakfast. No refuge to be found. The children promptly followed me with their 24 pieced clock puzzles in hand, and cheerfully parked on either side of me. Trying to tell time, over and over again, before the morning coffee is not easy!

For some reason today, the kids declared war on experimenting for the first time with Cre-pas and Pastels. No matter how many washings they received, they'd come back an hour later needing another. Both of them were covered from head to toe with bright smudges of pastels up the arms and elbows, smears across the face, and hand prints all over their clothes. But, truth be known, when an experienced artist gets into their work, they can end up looking quite similar. So what is the difference?

They did take a break from the Cre-pas and Pastels to sit in sidewalk chalk and color rocks. Our front porch is chalk at its saturation point. Literally. The kids soaked their chalk in water since they discovered that it gives the chalk an even heavier appearance on the concrete.