Article: Classes open a window onto creative opportunity

Monica Bender squeezed out the oil paint from tubes onto a glass surface, almost as if she were putting toothpaste on a brush. She then rolled out the lemon and lime colored paint on the glass in even patches.

Finally, the 11-year-old rolled the paint across an A-shaped card with letters scratched onto the surface: "Happy Birthday Aimee."

"You express your feelings during art," Monica said later. "If you feel sad and moody, you do dark colors. If you feel happy, you do light colors in printing."

Monica's sister Erica, 13, had used purple and blue, blending the colors into a night blue.

"You get to draw what you want," Erica said.

While the sisters' moods diverged, Eva Vacca kept a steady ...

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