Week two of the Riverstone Project took up where week one left off just with a whole new set of students. First the slabs of Blue Mahoe had to be selected and a primer coat applied to provide a surface to paint.
Once the sketch was complete (on her left) then each child added his or her artistic ability to create their masterpiece.
One child seemed to be a leader of sorts so her organizational talents were put to good use to keep each child amply supplied with paint and other supplies.
One child didn’t need to do a sketch of what he intended to paint as he had it mentally imprinted in his mind. You could tell he had painted before just by the way he held the brush.
The children were very well behaved and took instructions quite seriously. They were eager to learn how to paint.
The color mixing techniques were especially useful and they were quite astonished at the many shades of colors that mixing could create.
A common product was used to show the children how different colors were chosen to make a product more appealing for sale.
You could see the love in this child’s eyes as she proudly painted her vision of her home in Accompong Town.
On the final day of class, the school room was open but there were projects from the school classes on the desks so the class went outside to finish their work.
Every available space had one or more budding artists sharing a flat surface.
