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Graphic-design student Ozay Lewin, 19, from Portland, has been sketching his heart out during lockdown.
Aaliyah Hoosen, 11, from Rocklands, has been fascinated with art since a young age. She completed this drawing on Thursday July 16. Her family believes she takes after her mother Wakeelah Hoosens late uncle Avril Kinnear, who was a gifted portrait artist. Aaliyah dreams of owning an art gallery.
Leah May, 14, of Strandfontein, started experimenting with oil pastels during lockdown. This drawing is a recreation of a photograph she saw in a magazine.
Elio Pienaar-Jones, 9, from Rocklands, who attends Eisleben Primary School, completed a project on Tuesday July 7. He loves all forms of art and has recently begun sketching on wood before being helped to carve these sketches out. This creation has multiple meanings and it translates to the Covid-19 pandemic, said his mother, Melanie Jones.
The clocks remind us of the fact that time is precious. The hands represent us as human beings. Together it signifies the amount of times per day that we have to wash and sanitise our hands. It is also about the fact that we can no longer hold hands and have close contact with family and friends in the same way that we are used to social distancing, she said. This is now a part of our lives, as seen in Elios artwork when the two hands are separated, and we all long for the time when we can be together again. Elio is a very loving child and a great hugger, therefore he feels passionate about being safe and protecting himself and his family, she said.