This book tells the story of a painter and compares his creative processes to his admiration for God's creations. In observing the world around him, the main character falls in love with nature and life that was created by God. The main character is inspired by this and tries to recreate some of these beauties through his paintings. I loved how this book emphasized that the main character grew as an artist by taking a closer look into the the natural things happening around him. I agree with this idea of there being inspirational beauty all around us. The illustrations were very simple and cute. Most of the backgrounds in this story were mixed colors that created somewhat abstract settings. This helped me imagine that the main character was lost in his own world as he created a world of his own. This book was really simple, but may seem confusing for some kids because of it's vague association with God. Overall, I still thought the book was good. ( )

The book expresses the desire of painters, and that is it difficult to express one’s feelings as a painter. The book also created an emotional response for me because I realized that artist attempt to find beauty where there is none. For an activity I would require students to make their own art, and write a few sentences about what they are trying to express through their art. ( )

The story is about the author comparing an artist to God. He goes throughout the story comparing God's work to the lord. For a children's book, its quite complex. I wouldn't recommend it. Just because, its a intense topic. ( )

Artists try and imitate God's work. ( )

This is the story of an artists that's wish is to create things as God does. Great way of looking at art though an artist eyes. ( )