The last half of week three included mostly canvas cleaning. A mother and her daughter sent us piles of their practice paintings, and we got to watch their skills develop as we looked at the canvases one by one. It was fun to see what techniques they were trying, and to see the styles and techniques they loved and grew comfortable with. Some paintings were simple, experimental, and quick, while others obviously had taken them quite some time. My boss and I flipped through the canvases and admired the acrylic and oil, the landscapes and pet portraits, and the loveliness of a mother painting with her daughter. One interesting thing was the mother had a lot of ocean paintings she had done, and in each one it was clear that she was trying a new technique or experimenting in color theory. At the end of the stack, the canvases were beautifully and skillfully painted. It was wonderful to see her skills develop. We also cleaned several heavy marble and metal statue...
Today I had summer camp in the morning, a parent and me class around 11:30 and the travel to Partners in the afternoon. It was a pretty crazy day but it was still good. Summer camp was pretty easy this morning. I really just spent the morning labeling and helping the kids get clay and paint. We had quite a few kids this morning which meant that I really got to work with them. 
I have never done a parent and me class before but it was very interesting. We thought we were only going to have 4 kids but we ended up having six. There were two parents that had two kids. After Shea did a demo the parents got the work with the kids and make a pinch pot with an animal on it. I spent the time getting clay for them and getting paint out for them. The ages for this class is 2-6 since the parent gets to do the project with them and help them as they go. It was fun to get to work with the really little kids. I haven’t gotten to work with that age group yet so it was a fun experience. All of the pieces turned out really good.
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