CEDAR FALLS — A text from a friend popped up on Jasmin Newton’s phone mentioning a hands-on art program at the Cedar Falls Public Library. Did she want to go?
“It was impulsive, something cool to do,” Newton said, as she sat with brush in hand, painting on a three inch square canvas – best described as tiny, as in the program’s title, Tiny Art Studio. “I’ve done this painting on a bigger canvas and wanted to see if I can pull it off in a smaller size,” said Newton, who recently graduated from Columbus High School in Waterloo. She was painting a moody scene using a palette of dark paint colors dabbed onto a paper plate.
Joining her at the table were childhood friends Madilynn Eastman and Makayla Jasper, both recent Cedar Falls High School graduates.
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