The three young artists so enjoyed drawing food for their culinary journals that they asked to paint a real still life with fruit. I set up a pineapple, two apples, two pears, and three oranges to paint. I gave them three primary colors in paint: red, yellow, and blue to create their compositions. They did not want to use paints; they wanted to use oil pastels instead. With the paint bottles as visual aids, we quickly did a little color theory by reviewing how to make orange, green, and purple.

Each artist took a turn arranging the fruit. Libby went to the kitchen with Miss Judie to select a bowl. Once the fruit was arranged, each artist created her/his own still life in oil pastels on paper. We hung each one on the Brag Wall. They worked well and were very successful!