Raising California: California Art

Title: "Hey Jude"
by California
Acrylic on Canvas

California LOVES art. He has been reading books about Picasso and Matisse lately. We were lucky enough to find art books in board book format on Amazon.com. California just can't get enough of them! They are interactive as well and have wonderful bouncy verses! The two series of books that he adores are 1) Mini Masters and 2)Touch the Art. He has the Picasso Mini Masters book and the Matisse Touch the Art book.

He has his eye set on these books to read in the future:

Here is a picture of California working on his next masterpiece:

California. Photo taken on January 14th, 2008

WHO ARE WE ANYWAY???

WE ARE: Vegetarians, Secular but Inclusive Home Schoolers, Green, Conscientious, Organic, Creative, Peaceful, Compassionate, Spiritual, Indigo/Crystal Children, Holistic, Independent Thinkers...WE LOVE: Music, ANIMALS, the EARTH, Science, Art, NATURE, our family & friends... WE LIKE TO: Take nature walks, go to the park, hike in the mountains, go to the beach, meditate, make wishes on stars, play in the rain, garden organically, do Yoga, celebrate diversity, climb trees...WE LIVE in the greater metropolitan area of Los Angeles; more specifically, the community of Santa Monica. Our pen names are: L.A. Mama & Daddio; Tennessee & California. Tennessee is TEN and was born in Nashville, TN. California is FOUR and was born in Burbank, CA. L.A. Mama is eternally young. No one knows her age. She was born in Missouri but fits in better in California :) Daddio is from Illinois and Missouri...he says he is 45 because he always rounds up to the nearest 5th. L.A. Mama got the idea for the title of this blog from the movie "Raising Arizona". It is a comedy about a free spirited couple who kidnaps a baby and attempt to be "good" parents. Nick Cage and Holly Hunter played the "adoptive" parents in the movie. It is cute.