Kids often like doodling stuff everywhere, from notebooks, scraps of paper, even on tables and walls (and thus are graffiti artists born).
Parents and teachers alike often tell the kids to stop but for one restaurant owner, he was so entranced with one kid’s doodles that he invited the boy to decorate his restaurant’s wall with them!
Joe Whale, 9, of Shrewsbury, Shrops, was often in trouble because of his love of doodling which led parents Greg Whale, 40, and Vanessa Jameson, 36, to enroll him in an art class so that he can properly channel his creativity.
Watch his amazing creativity in the video below.
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Immediately, the art club’s coordinator noticed how talented Joe was and posted samples of his work on Instagram so that her followers could see them.
The pics soon got the attention of Number 4, a restaurant also in Shrewsbury. They got in touch with Joe’s teacher and requested that Joe decorate the restaurant’s dining room. Fortunately, Joe’s parents agreed and now the kid has gained over 1.5 million views through his dad’s LinkedIn account. After school, Joe hops over to the restaurant to showcase his skills to admiring customers.
Greg, a sales manager, said: “Joe is a really talented little boy, he’s excelling at school, he’s a great footballer and cricketer, but drawing is definitely what he is most passionate about.
“It’s actually quite annoying, he’s better than me at most things.
“He was in school getting frustrated at the little amount of art he could do so he used to doodle on the table’s whiteboard in class and get into trouble for doodling.
“His mom and I decided to get him into an art class outside of school called Bloom, he’s been there for about six weeks and he loves every minute of it.
“His drawings blew his teacher away and they gave him his own wall to keep doodling on which he does every week when he goes there.
“A few weeks into his classes, his teacher asked if she could post his work on her Instagram for everyone to see and a short while later we got another call from her about a restaurant who had seen his work.
“They wanted to get Joe into their restaurant to complete an art piece on their wall, and it was in their main dining area, we were over the moon.
“I asked Joe and he, of course, leaped at the chance to do it so we have been going there after school where for a couple of hours a night he’ll put his creativity on their wall.
“Joe loves doodling and we’re so proud of everything he’s achieving, the fact that a completely independent business has asked our nine-year-old son to do a professional piece of work for them is incredible.
“I posted his work on my LinkedIn because I was so proud of him and he’s had over 1,500,000 views and comments from strangers that are impressed with what he’s doing.”
Art teacher Kerry Jones, 45, runs Bloom, at Studio 39, where Joe was enrolled by his parents after getting into trouble for doodling his books.
Kerry said: “I first met Joe several weeks ago, he was a bit frustrated at school because he couldn’t doodle as much as he wanted to and had been asked to stop.
“I asked his parents for some of his work to assess his level and could not believe what I was looking at, we moved him into an older class straight away.
“His work is very exact and immaculate, it’s very balanced, he goes straight to ink and creates perfect work straight from the start, no practicing beforehand.
“I put his work on my Instagram and had the owner of Number 4 call me to get him in to feature his work in their dining area.”
As long as his parents can recall, Joe has displayed a love for doodling. Nowadays, dad Greg drives Joe over to Number 4 where he spends a few hours doodling on the wall as staff and customers watch. Those doodles are now a permanent part of the wall.
Greg said: “If he could stay there all night he would, we don’t let him spend too long because he’s only young.
“I think for him it’s just a part of the day where he can focus solely on his drawing without any interruptions.
“We are immensely proud of him and as long as he’s enjoying what he’s doing, we’re going to support him in everything he wants to achieve.”
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