Arcadia Public Library

Sara gets stuck when she must paint a picture for the second grade art show, until she discovers the best place to begin.

Ruby Raccoon paints a picture which unexpectedly shows the best feature of her various friends.

When Tommy and the other Rugrats go to the museum, one of Tommy's paintings ends up on display.

Max wants to be an artist like Arthur, but his first attempt at using a paintbrush sends the two friends on a whirlwind trip through various media, with unexpected consequences.

When Lily Brown paints, she imagines all sorts of fantastic things in the scenes that she sees every day.

The Jelly Beans--four friends who like to do such different things as paint, play soccer, read, and dance--paint a mural on an outside wall of Mrs. Petunia Dinkley-Sneezer's candy shop that depicts them each doing what they love best.

In South Africa, a Basotho girl paints designs on her house as a prayer to the ancestors for rain.

"Once, in a tiny village in India, there was a young boy who loved to paint. He lived with his grandfather, who taught him to paint with his fingers, to make paints from marigolds and brushes made from jasmine flowers. Sometimes, the village children would watch them painting together, and the boy's grandfather would invite them to join in. They didn't have much, but they had each other. After his grandfather dies, the boy notices a little box wrapped...

To replace his old garden, Theodora and her grandfather decide to paint a garden on the balcony of his new apartment, which takes on a life of its own thanks to Theo's love, imagination, and creativity.

A budding artist goes to school after painting a picture with input from his dog Louie, and returns home to find that the dog has some talent, as well.