Children are encouraged to ask questions and to comment on what they see. The 'presentation' could more aptly be called a conversation.
"Every child was treated with courtesy, every opinion was valued, yet no-one was allowed to give an answer or an opinion without justifying it."
Teacher, Durham, February '08.
Children are invited to copy the poses and the gestures of a painting.
After an examination of virtuoso brushwork a child is invited to choose the correct artist's brush and to trace the marks on the screen - i.e. to dry paint a Matisse, a Monet, a van Gogh while paying full attention to direction and shape of marks – to be that painter for a brief moment.
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