Object: A painting or sculpture covered by a cloth.

Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you have ever been to an art museum or art show? How many of you have ever been to an artist's studio or art school? Do you like to watch an artist work? [Let them respond.] I love to watch someone who has a lot of talent with his hands work with paints, clay, or stone. A lot of us have paintings in our homes, but most of them are copies of an artist's work that he did a long time ago. Imagine what it must have been like the day he finished his work and showed it the first time. Suppose you were with me in a place where a very famous artist was showing his finished painting for the first time. Just think how long it took him to make this painting. He had to use the right colors, draw his shapes s…