First a little about my day painting in Botanic Gardens on behalf of the art club I belong to. Churchtown is a small village and it is a small park near where I live and where the art club is. It was the first time they had a Victoria Fair and it was to raise money to help maintain the park, which shouldn't really be the volunteers task! Some people came in Victorian Costume. And then a nice story, so please read to the end.
This is not a proper painting, I just painted the odd person who was standing in front of me. They just looked at the brass band playing then moved on. So they were quick studies.
And this is me! I had painted all of the previous day at our exhibition so what a lovely arty weekend. Here is what I managed to do in the afternoon I was there.
Here is the nice story. Five youngsters about 10ish, were asking me what was going on in the park, they usually went there and didn't know this was going on. So I explained that the volunteers were trying to raise money to keep the park looking nice. We talked for a while and then one of them asked the others for some money and they raised the grand sum of 40p between them. Then one with a sad look in his eyes said 'It's to save the park'. That was what I call a special arty moment. It made my day and I will remember those children whenever I go to the Park. Now that IS special! I hope they grow into lovely adults.
