Malmesbury girl learns from top artist (From This Is Wiltshire)

Malmesbury girl learns from top artist

11:47am Friday 3rd July 2009

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Ten-year-old Malmesbury Primary School pupil Amy Wiles spent a day learning to paint with renowned wildlife artist and conservationist, David Shepherd CBE at his home studio.

Her special day was part of her prize for being the overall winner in this year’s Global Canvas Art Competition run by the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation.

The competition helps to raise awareness of global conservation issues among students in the UK and abroad and the theme for the 2009 competition was The Human Footprint.

Amy won with her creative three-dimensional model of an old training shoe.

Amy, and three other prize winners helped paint a lion with the famous artist.

She said: “I really enjoyed making the whiskers on the lion using a needle and I tried really hard not to make a hole in the canvas.”

Mr Shepherd, who received a CBE for services to conservation in 2008 said young people often showed greater care for conservation than adults.

He said: “It was such a pleasure having the children with me in the studio, we really had fun.

“I firmly believe that young people are the finest of any generation, they show more concern for the environment and the world we live in, than many heads of government or large industries.

“It is one of the most important roles of my wildlife foundation to encourage and inspire this concern.”

Mr Shepherd will be judging this year’s Global Canvas Art Competition on the subject of Global Warming.

“We’d love to see more and more entries, so get thinking about the impact we, as humans, make on the environment and on wildlife.

Schools can send their drawings, paintings, collages and photos of your sculptures to the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation.

The competition is open to pupils aged between eight and 16. For details visit www.davidshepherd.org.

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