After the success of the school holiday classes, we thought we'd give a regular class a go. Out went the emails, the notices in the school newsletters and word of mouth to give us a pretty big class of 25. They ranged from 5 to 10 with a pretty even mix of boys and girls and gee was there some talent.
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We experimented with paint, pastels, line and ink drawing and patterns with a theme of our surroundings, predominantly the Australian bush. We scavenged and collected gumnuts, leaves, that wheat like grass stuff (not sure of the correct name), rocks, seed pods, flowers, bottlebrush blossoms, even dandelions and then proceeded to draw them in detail, patterns and eventually onto two lovely big banners which were then painted and presented to the lovely people down at Meath House Aged Care facility in North Beach.
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Being the end of the year, we even got our fantastic group singing Christmas carols which they presented to the elderly folks in conjunction with their banners. I don't know who liked it more, the people who live at Meath House or the children being able to showcase their wonderful creation.
As a reward for all their hard work and so they remember how talented they are, we took their wonderful line drawings and recreated them as transfers which we put onto T-shirts for them as their Christmas gifts. I don't know who was more impressed, the kids with their ability or us at just how good their designs are.
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