18 April 2009. 1 to 3 p.m. - "Painting Sea Creatures" at Sawdust Art Festival's Creatively Fun Family Day. Sawdust Art Festival, Laguna Beach, California. Admission $4/adults, $2/children (5-13), free/under 5, $10/family.

"This was a fantastic day," says Karen. "We had many budding young artists drawing and painting everything from garibaldi fish to kelp to dolphins. I love teaching at the Sawdust because it's outside and everyone is always in a festive mood." Click on the pictures below to see larger versions, and go to the Karen Talbot Art Facebook page for more photos from the class.

Sawdust Art Festival's Creatively Fun Family Day was part of the Imagination Celebration, a county-wide arts festival for children and families featuring over 100 affordable or free events in 31 Orange County cities. This is Imagination Celebration's 24th year. During that time, it has played a major role to spark imagination and creativity in an entire generation of Orange County children.