"Oh, I'm not painting. I'm helping." Or trying to. Mostly he was partaking of snacks, telling everyone they were doing so well (because they were; one didn't need to be perfect to do well at art), and watching Anthony look ridiculously adorable in the apron that was somehow, so very conveniently the last one.

"Alec, this isn't a paint by numbers. You can put your paint wherever you like." A pause, and then he clarified: "Provided you limit it to on the canvas."