Kids are funny.
They painted here a school of fish.
Know why?
They all copied the one I put up, that a child made 8 years ago. I forgot to pop it down. Opps.
Kids now follow that model even if you say, "Do it your way."
And so....I guess my long ago Desiree would laugh.
She'd say "I didn't even like that one" which is how I got it...
I put it up for them because we kind of move along in summer so the painting center went up day 2.
Sample just to say, paint inside the shape after you trace it.
We turned them eventually into stuffed fish.
But I got a little tickle out of the imitation.
Schooling.
So true. Which is why I don't provide examples or models of work for my students. Perhaps a residual element of my six years as a teacher at a progressive school. I'm conflicted, because perhaps some students would benefit from having a model, but, they always surprise me - in good ways.
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