When we were signing the boys up for camps a few months ago, Stuart and I decided to put them in this fine art camp at YMCA for a change.  The first day the boys came back telling us that they liked it.  They had instruction by a staff from Museum of Fine Art and learned about abstract art.  In the afternoon they made one of their own; they were told to close their eyes while drawing on the paper and listening to some music.  Then they painted the drawings with water color.  Another day they followed the instructor steps by steps to make a landscape painting.  Next they drew an outline of a human head with all the things they liked inside it.  They also had a chance to make a sculpture one day.  Logan made a Pokeball and Connor created a snowman.  On Thursday they had a field trip to the Museum of Fine Art where they really enjoyed the new film area, and an interactive art project with the artist.  On the last day they brought home all the beautiful artwork they made.  Stuart and I were quite impressed how nice they all looked.  The only disappointing thing was that Connor’s snowman was broken when it was returned to Connor.  I was told that some tears were shed for the hard work he put in.

    This art camp turned out to received unexpected interest from the boys.  I had asked the boys separately what their top three camps were over the summer.  Fine art was named by both of them along with CDC and the Mine, Craft, Build camp at YMCA.  We are glad that the boys ended the summer with one of their favorite camps.  In addition, we are proud of the boys for being great sports; they had not complained nor disliked any of the camps, and seemed to enjoy them with open minds.  Now we are preparing for school to start next week.