Chioma Akamelu and African women

A mixed media painting of Chioma Akamelu, a Nigerian-South African girl and 11 years old. She titled her painting 'face to Face with African women'. she made use of Newspaper, beads and acrylic on a straw board to achieve her creative venture. Chioma created 2 maps of Africa and conceptualized it into female figures. She used newspaper to cover the surface of the straw-board and at the upper part of the maps are cut out fabrics of ankara of different colours which is pasted in form of collage. while the faces are made of red and golden tiny beads,the female figures wore beautiful ear accessories to compliment their head gear. at the background of the painting are motifs made of triangular shapes. This artistic rendition bring to mind bead painting of great Nigerian artist like Jimoh Buraimoh. The young artist depicted African women as beautiful and culture persons.

Adaugo's creative expression on faces

Adaugo Ogbu, a year 3 and ,7 years old creative expression titled 'friends these days. an acrylic painting on a white cardboard which shows different girls from different race and unique facial expressions

Art goes around

The earth is round, art goes around, my kiddies preparation on enamel painting

Tender skecthes

these are sketches from my kids between age 7-10

Village scene, faces and nature.

Creative expressions at the workshop

AYOMIKUN OMOYIOLA 'Saturdays Nite'

 Skethes

 Ayomikun displays her painting titled 'Saturday nite'

Age 9 and year 5, Ayomikun Omoyiola artistic expression

'mama at the beach' ekene chukwuma

 ekene chukwuma captures her mum at the beach and represented it in painting

mama at the beach in a glance! ekene 9 years old and year 4 pupil artistic expression

save the frog

save the frog, hahaha

ART IS LIFE

The purpose of art is washing away the dust of daily life off our souls

Pablo Picasso

Ayomikuns' face painting 'UJU'

The acrylic painting of Ayomikun is titled ‘UJU’. The painting was done on a full imperial cardboard. This depicts a picture of little girl with layers of multiple colour on her face. 'UJU' is an expression of a little girl whose attempt of facial make up looks awkward. However, the painterly representation of Ayomikun suggests the fashion craze little kids borrow from their environment. The artist made use of complimentary colours of orange and blue scheme with orange as the dominant colour. The summary of this visual expression is “beauty is in the eye of the beholder”. While women place emphasis on their facial expression, it is imperative to note that lack of good character cannot make a woman beautiful no matter how expensive these beauty supplements are. ‘UJU’ emphasizes good character as a required make up for human acceptance and eternal remembrance. “Iwa lewa!” Beauty attracts men to women but bad character retracts! Beauty fades like a rose flower caught in autumn. Thus, ‘UJU’ serves a socio-commentary purpose. The 9 year old Ayomikun will not stop painting, expressing her creative ingenuity.

tender arts 'collage flower vase'

 behold the amazing flower vase arrangement of year 2 and the 6 years old kids

age 6 and year 2 kids displays their flower vase from the cut-outs colourful cardboard

tender arts 'catch the butterfly'

age 5 and year 1 displays their collage and palm print works

Rukewes' cigarret artistic sticks

Rukewe a year four pupil art work titled ‘slow death’. It is a creative assemblage of cigarette sticks arranged in textual form to convey a message to the young and old, men and women, rich or poor, white or black. Her message is simple. ‘Stop’ smoking because it is a slow death. Smoking is responsible for several diseases, such as cancer, long-term (chronic) respiratory diseases, and heart disease, as well as premature death. Over 440,000 people in the USA and 100,000 in the UK die because of smoking each year. It is imperative to know that your health is your wealth.do you want to stay young and live long. Please stop smoking!

Kunle Adewale CEO Tender Arts at Voice of Nigeria with the kids

 In the studio with the kids, Kunle Adewale,(CEO, Tender Arts) Mrs Anate, Programme co-ordinator, Art platform, and Mis Abimbola Adeoye

 Chinaza on air with Mrs Anate in the studio, Voice of Nigeria

 Tender arts creative kids displays their artistic expressions

Chiedozie, Ayomikun, Chinaza and Munachi showcases their paintings to the international communities