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“ How has art

Art relaxes me; it helps me take my mind off things and
allows me to re-center myself. It’s gratifying to start with an
helped you
image in my mind and develop it as different components

come to me while I’m working.

Art also helps me see the world differently. For instance, during this
COVID-19
when looking at a landscape (in real life, a photograph, or
a painting), I can identify the three “grounds”: foreground, time?

middle ground, and background. This allows me to
appreciate everything I see around me much more deeply.
Art by ”
Cricket L. —Emma C.

Art + Science = Power

“

I see art in nature. Sometimes I see it in a leaf that

What types of looks like it’s been painted. Sometimes it’s the way
a squirrel moves. I think water is very much like a
art do you see dance—water reflects trees and plants, but also

in nature? flowers, and sometimes dances are supposed to
look like flowers. Water moves. The way it moves
looks like a dance. The sky, that’s another brilliant

piece of art. I love the way clouds move, but my
favorite part about the sky is that in sunrise and

sunset the sky changes colors. I like to paint nature
landscapes because trees look very different from
”
each other; mountains too. Also, there are many
colors in a natural landscape. That’s what makes Art by
them so fun to paint. Aaron G.

—Michelle C.