Seventeen Jackson Pollocks in Room Fifteen

Today we read Olivia by Ian Falconer.  Olivia is a headstrong little girl pig whose antics are well documented in several Olivia books.  Ian Falconer wrote the original book as a birthday gift to his niece.  In the book, Olivia visits a museum and views a painting by the renowned American artist, Jackson Pollock.  As you see in this post, he is famous for his splashy, drippy style of art.  Olivia sees one of his paintings in the musuem and says, "I could do that in five minutes."  We decided to give it a try.  Here are some photos.

Doesn't this look like fun?

Here are some of the creations.  They are all on display for parent teacher conferences.

This is a picture of the now deceased Jackson Pollock in action: