I look outside my window and see the trees and bushes rustling heavily in the rough wind. I take slow steps into my wide, tidy, Tosca painted room. I go through my wide, white painted drawer and pull out a small grey shoe box. I walk quickly into the large, aqua laundry and head towards the white metal cupboard under the laundry sink. I open the door of the cupboard and pull out a soft, small cloth and put it on my shoe box. I close the cupboard door and start walking outside.

I walk to the outside table and put my shoe box on one of the chairs. I sit down and open the box lid and pull out an ice-cream lid. Then I pull out some coloured paints. First green, then red, after that blue, then yellow, black and white. I open the lids of the paint bottles and squirt a small blob onto the white ice-cream lid one by one. Then I get my plastic yellow cup, get out of my seat, walk to the tap and fill it up halfway with water. Then I return to my seat at the table. I put the cup carefully on the table and sit down again. Then I get a large piece of paper from the roll and put it on the red table.

I get a lead pencil, a small, medium paint brush and a large paint brush out of the open box. I put the paint brushes neatly on the table and hold the pencil steady and tight in my hand. Then I look across to the red petunia and start sketching. A few minutes have passed and I’ve finished sketching. I pick up the small paint brush and dip it into the red paint. I go over the flower petals as slowly and as neatly as I can. Then I dip my red bristles of my paint brush into the cup of water and continue painting with green, then yellow, then blue and finally white. Once I have finished painting I put my equipment away because my beautiful picture is complete. I love and enjoy painting pictures.

The End

Written by Mikki Godage