Children enjoyed creating their own self-portraits using the theme “Peace, Love and Picasso” during a painting class at Cloud 9 on Monday. Sara Kathryn Dosset of Studio Whimzy directed the painting exercise, which was attended by several children who enjoyed a day of creativity using paint in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Mary Katherine Beard paints during a Studio Whimzy painting class at Cloud 9 in Oxford, Miss. on Monday, January 18, 2016.