The art game...

We have a new passion. "The art game".

The rest of the world calls it "Child Sized Masterpieces."

Jack says

" The game is very fun. You try and get the most matches, if you want to win."

And he's quite right. It's a blast!

We started by matching identical art cards. Even with a vast collection, he was bored pretty quickly. So we moved on to the artist match. We have a collection of art cards and we try to match two by the same artist -- extra points if we can name the artist before we check the back of the card. ;)

Jack is really, really good at it! Some artists I can tell -- Carl Larsson and John James Audubon are plain obvious. But there are others that are similar enough that weeks later, if they're the only ones left, I really am guessing. Jack never seems to be guessing, and I really need to get up the courage to move onto the next step -- matching four less similar pieces by the same artist.

I did get the books - but thank goodness Dover has books of art cards at a fraction of the cost, so we can make it more challenging without spending a fortune! (And without *having* to rush on to the next step.)

Yeah, I know, Mark. We have wierd hobbies. *grin* We have to do something to keep you guessing.