Home educated students have excelled in competitions and eisteddfods for art.
Cape Town Eisteddfod Winner
In the Cape Town Eisteddfod, Kyla Louw-Oosthuizen, who is presently aged 14 (2014), has received the following eight Eisteddfod certificates for her art work:
2012 Honours Grade in the Art Section
2012 Honours Grade in the Art Section
2012 Merit Grade in the Art Section
2013 Honours Grade in the Art Section
2013 Merit Grade in the Art Section
2013 Merit Grade in the Art Section
2013 Merit Grade in the Art Section
2013 Merit Grade in the Art Section
She loves art and the various areas it takes her, from normal art, to special effects make up to fashion design. She loves and does it all and still does really well with her ”normal” school subjects such as Maths, Afrikaans, English, etc
Submitted by Charmaine Louw-Oosthuizen
Homeschool Girl Wins Kinnerkunsfees
Nevada Jones, age 15, began doing Art lessons when we first started home schooling in 2009.
In 2014 she entered the Kinnerkunsfees as a private candidate, competing against children from Pretoria’s top schools.
She won the Grade 8-9 category for painting, with an incredible portrait of a boy, entitled Adam.
She plans to study Creative Design at UCT when she has completed her AS Levels through Cambridge.
[The Kinnerkunsfees is an annual art competition displayed in shopping malls to promote youth art in Pretoria. Get your entry forms and rules from the organizer Marietjie on 084 585 8494.]
Submitted by Tina-Lynn Jones
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