Come to the Table [jana]

A list of ingredients for art with friends

1. Room. A garage with a couple of tables is best. A kitchen works, too.
2. Crayons. For color…and as a reminder of first experiences with hand-to-paper.
3. Paint. Because it teaches how to blend. And when you blend too much, it turns to mud. I don’t know, but it seems like a good lesson somehow.
4. Charcoal. For good grey areas.
5. Pencils. For definition.
6. Erasers. To reveal what was hidden.
7. Brushes. For Mixing. For Texture. For strategic daubing of noses.
8. Photographs and magazines. For inspiration and advice.
9. Canvases. You just can’t explore as much on paper.
10. Big Paper. At some point you have to lay on the floor and draw on big paper. It’s just a good creative moment.
11. Plates. They’re good for holding food. Or paint. Or both.
12. Mod Podge. For sticking together.
13. Found objects. For personal application.
14. People. Anyone willing to put pencil or brush to canvas.
15. Water.
16. Music. It’s best with an ipod on shuffle, because every so often, a song will come up that will make everyone spontaneously break into laughter.
17. Silence. For punctuation.
18. Food. Especially cupcakes because they are good for painting, too.
19. Fear. You can’t make art without it.
20. Laughter. Some things are going to turn out funny. That’s just the way it is. You try to paint two hills and it ends up looking like a butt. You’ve got to laugh.