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Small Details

This afternoon our Pine friends joined in with kids from Magnolia and Dogwood to participate in weekly capers. Today, M & J noticed something familiar. 

"Look, they have leaves like in our classroom."
"How do we draw a leaf?"
"I don't know if I can draw a leaf."

M looked around and saw pictures of leaves lying on the table. 
"We can use these to look at!"
He got to work by using the thin sharpie to draw an outline of the leaf. He worked cautiously to get every detail just right. He then picked up the smaller paint brush, dipped it in water, and decided he was going to start with green. 

"I am going to make it different colors because the leaves are sometimes different colors."


J worked in silence as she drew the outline of the leaf. She drew it so it filled the whole page. 

"I made it really big so I can put a bunch of colors in it!"
She used a variety of colors and seemed to put them in a particular order. She continued to work in silence as her brush made strokes across the page. 
"It's so beautiful!"



The two worked side by side with other friends. All working with such concentration as they sat in silence next to one another. Such a peaceful part of the afternoon. 

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