‘The Little Artists Challenge’ is a project to team up 1,000 local children and the professional artist, Sarah Evans -our regular artist in residence- to encourage creativity and to produce a large scale community art piece, inspired by nature, for local display. Children of all ages are encouraged to observe bugs, bees, flowers or any natural forms and produce a picture to be sent digitally to Sarah. The pictures will then be adapted to form a patchwork of images on silk painted canvases.

‘The little Artists Challenge’ Sarah is  aiming to produce a multiple, patchwork style, canvas creation using images inspired by the art work of 1,000 children. The theme will be the ‘natural world’, the final pieces to be displayed locally for all to see.

Sarah needs colourful pictures of any natural form that you can see around you. Perhaps take a walk, explore your garden or simply look out of your window to find something that inspires you. It could be a single bug or creature, a flower or a leaf or a whole tree, it is up to you! It doesn’t have to be very detailed, just a bold, clear image works best. Pictures need to be A4 sized, in any medium (paint, crayon or marker pen for instance) and clearly marked with your first name and age on the front.

Please send a digital copy to  Sarah Evans at  silknstuff@hotmail.com alternatively e mail it into school at admin@stgeorgesschool.org.uk

Sarah will then adapt all the pictures sent to her to compose multi image silk paintings on a collection of large scale canvases. Some will be traced, some will be enlarged or shrunk to fit into the design but it will be the children’s work that is directly informing the end result.