Justice Worrell is proud to know who Romero Britto is, but she is particularly pleased to possess a discerning eye about his oeuvre. Impressive because Justice is a little girl of 8 and knows something most adults do not. “Romero Britto is an artist and he paints, and he is my favorite artist because of the cats he drew,” said Justice, one of 150 2nd-graders at Brooklyn’s PS 156, aptly known as the Waverly School of the Arts. “Romero Britto likes bright colors and patterns and spots for his cats.” For more years than Justice has been alive, the Brownsville school has hosted an annual ARTrageous Exhibit. The show is a culmination of the children’s study of famous artists, their times, inspiration and techniques.The most magical way to understand the artist is to get under his or her skin. “They got to pretend to be the artist,” said 2nd-grade teacher Edith Johnson. “They are children and children love to pretend. They just light up!” An all-around favorite was Jim Dine (if you don’t know the artist, ask a 2nd-grader), who won their hearts with his paintings of, well, hearts. “I suggested to the children that maybe the artist was in love,” said Johnson, laughing. Despite the giggling and squeals of eeewww, the children loved looking at and painting gorgeous Dine-like hearts. The adults, more than 50 of whom attended the showing at PS 156 on May 14, seemed to enjoy everything they saw and heard. Eavesdropping on her small art historians, a proud Johnson said: “It was so great to see them looking up at adults and telling them, ‘Now Henri Matisse, this, or Andy Warhol, that.’”