An Artist in the Making

I went to Bed, Bath, and Beyond on Saturday and, while looking through their clearance racks found this.

It is a kit that is supposed to inspire your child to make a piece of artwork similar to one of the great works of art (in this case, Monet's "Water Lilies").  I saw these types of kits about a year ago, but Sav wasn't quite old enough for them yet, and they were a little on the expensive side, so I passed.  On Saturday, though, this was going for $5, so I figured we'd try it out.

The kit included a little bit of background on Monet and the impressionists.  I talked to Savannah about this, but don't think she was terribly impressed by the whole painting outside in natural light thing...so we moved on to the creating part of the kit.

The kit included basic directions, but the goal is to create art inspired by Monet, not something that is an exact replica.  We began by using the pastels (included) to get the water just the right shade of bluish-purple.

And then began to add the lily pads.  Savannah was adamant that the lily pads be red.

She put the finishing touches on it, and we hung it up in her room on her display wall.  

I think it turned out beautifully.  I went back to BB&B to buy the two other kits (Van Gogh and Klimt) and am saving those for a rainy day down the road.  

In other news--we have an appointment to pick up Jason's new wheelchair tomorrow.  Fingers crossed we actually leave with it this go round!