As most of you know by now, nothing makes my heart sing more than seeing kids understand the power of their imagination. In my class yesterday I introduced abstraction to my class by using some simple shapes that I had made. Okay I'll admit I took the shape making a little far and really had fun with it, but it was worth it in the end. I had some old watercolor experiments and drawings that I upcycled for the purpose of this class and then I made some new ones as well. I used