8542RB Reading for Me Level 5 Part A

Imaginative
The Painter
Tammy was passionate about painting and being creative! She could think
of nothing better than painting all day. Unfortunately, she also had to
go to school and do other homework. In her free time, Tammy painted
all sorts of things, from animals and landscapes to abstract creations,
depending on her mood at the time.
Her long brown plaits often had different coloured tips where they had
dipped into her paint pots. Her tatty old jeans not only had holes but a
variety of different coloured paint smudges. So did most of her
T-shirts. Tammy painted everywhere; at her kitchen table, in
the garden and at the park. Her favourite place to paint
was the beach. She had an emerald-coloured satchel (in
which she keep a palette, selection of paintbrushes, a
notebook and a tin of watercolour paints). She would
sling the bag over her shoulder and run to the beach
with it.
Sometimes, her friends would paint with her or
just sit and chat whilst Tammy painted. But the
majority of the time she was happy painting
alone. At the beach, Tammy would
collect pebbles and pieces of driftwood
she could paint too. When she was
out and about Tammy painted with
watercolours (because they were
easy to transport), but when she
was at home Tammy would use
all sorts of different paints.
She also experimented using
pastels, charcoal and pencil
crayons.
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