color your winter

need some color in your january?  look no further than professional finger painter iris scott!

scott, a trained artist, happened upon her finger painting technique accidentally one day while painting abroad when all the brushes were dirty.  and i'm so glad she did!

in addition to regular K-8 art classes, i also teach after school art and i'll admit that even i was skeptical about doing this with a group of kids.

but they really rose to the occasion and had a complete blast doing it!  the picture caption from our afternoon?  "28 hands, 100 gloves, 14 masterpieces and a whole lot of FUN".

for more about iris and her work, you can visit iris scott