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I was honored to be included along with Marc Chagall in an art lesson to illustrate surrealistic art.  If you scroll down from here you will see the details of the art lesson, including the students artwork.
The quote, "Great art picks up where nature ends", by Marc Chagall frames the pictures of the students art.

The fifth grade students at Church Lane Elementary School (in Baltimore, Md.) under the guidance of their art teacher Mrs. Barbara Zelt studied Mrs. Joann Wells Greenbaum's painting titled, "Happiness often sneaks in a door you didn't know you left open" (a quote by Steven Wright) and compared it to Marc Chagall's picture, "I and The Village", to find elements in both which exemplifies Surrealistic art and the theme of fantasy.

Some of the elements which create the feelings of fantasy are the flying images (like in "I and The Village"), unrealistic sizes of objects and random images with no obvious relation to one another (like in "Happiness often sneaks in a door you didn't know you left open). The students have a very clear understanding of using their imagination in art.

Kiana was inspired by her favorite things like her family, her favorite hobbies and foods.

Sukhwinder hopes to one day build her dreamhouse which is represented in her picture.

Ariel expresses the feelings of happiness and peacefulness when she thinks about how much she loves her family.