day 158: picassos in training

The girls have waited a long time for this.

I bought these Living Social deals months ago.

Finally, today was the day.

Cookies and Canvas.

An afternoon of painting.

Like a real ar-teest.

McK was goofy.

R was excited.

K was in a mood.

Step 1: the outlines.

Scared the girls a little.

They didn't think it looked right.

Little did they know....

in painting, as in life,

most mistakes can be painted over,

(but it's not always easy).

Step 2: fill in the sand.

Getting just the right, satisfying color mixed for sand was tedious.

The water required some blending.

Note that K is still in her funk.

Notice McK is still doing her goofy thing.

Still.

Next, the star fish.

Like the sand, mixing the perfect star fish-y color was a task.

I promise, I only helped a little.

Really, it was minimal.

I only helped fix mistakes when she asked.

Which was twice.

Did I mention it got just a tad bit messy?

Pause for the paint to dry.

And for a pic.

And some snacks,

like Oreos

and Teddy Grahams.

And K to finally be sorta happy again.

She even added the detail to her star fish all on her own.

And I think she got just the right color of sand.

Darker, like real sand when it's wet.

Voila.

Star fish in the sand.

A genuine masterpiece

(so is the painting).

And another work of art.

Don't you love how they're based on the same sample,

yet they're each so different?

I do.

Now this one is one of a kind.

Really.

(somehow, when I wasn't looking,

she added red dots to the star fish.

like bright red dots.

and fairly big ones at that.

good thing her momma took a

painting class here not long ago

and knew how to fix it.)