Passion for plants and paints

This is an art class involving two of my favourite topics: plants and paints! 

We're used to drawing plants from the ground up - but that's only half the picture, isn't it? Plants have roots which aren't less beautiful and just as diverse as the plant leaves themselves. Take a look at how well the children observed and drew their versions of the different roots and leaves. They first made a draft with pencil and then coloured the soil around the roots in, which was quite a challenge being a negative image!

Another amazing fact about these paintings is that the soil is actually painted with brown pigments retrieved from the earth, and that the leaves are actually painted with the green juice of leaves and grass! I will tell you about the recipe for these paints in my next blog entry - stay tuned:-)