As part of our Blank Canvas series, we invited students from Beijing Enlighten School (BES) to share their artwork and inspirations.

“I looked up many pictures online and chose a painting of space to paint myself. It took four days to complete.”  -April Hao (KG)

“This is a painting on the cover of my exercise book. It represents infinite possibilities.” -Char Lie (Grade 6)

“We worked as a group to create this piece. We painted the sections before decorating each part in a unique way.” -Bradley Johnson, Maverick Johnson, Richard Wang (KG and Grade 1)

“I originally wanted to draw a night sky but I wasn’t happy with the result so I stuck some decorations on top of it.” -Snow Yang (Grade 4)

“I painted mountains and trees, and the earth, which are made up of many colors.” -Bradley Johnson (Grade 1)

“I drew this painting because I wanted my schoolmates to better understand me and I like art, so I drew myself with watercolor. The background is blue because I like swimming and I drew a cat because I have a cute cat.”      -Cindy Gao (Grade 4)

“This is my handcrafted gift for my teachers.” -Hanya Suo (Grade 4)

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Photos: Courtesy of Beijing Enlighten students

This article appeared in the beijingkids 2020 November issue

It’s often like a trip to another world in those brief moments when you gain insight into the imagined universes of a child. The German Preschool class of the House of Knowledge International School created artwork based off of the prompt “What I think is in outer space.”

These students requested to submit their artwork to the beijingkids, and we are publishing them here for the community to view in their honor.

Madelyn: In space, I see planets and stars and the moon. There are 8 planets and there is the big sun too!

Jonas: I see stars, galaxies, aliens, space shuttles and the international space station; there is also star constellation like the small bear. There are shooting stars called meteors and astronauts are there and space rubbish.

Leandro: In space is the sun, earth and the smallest planet Pluto.

Kaito: Space…there is the moon, stars, the earth and the mars. That’s all I think!

Karla: In space I can see a horse planet, astronauts, who are flying to the international space station.

Anna: In space there are Astronauts, but I not really sure what they are doing there. I just know they are flying with their rocket to the space station.

Lele: All planets are flying around the sun. Stars can be connected together to make a nice picture.

Malte: In space are stars, a sun, planets, and the earth. Also, stones called asteroids, rockets, the moon and the Milk Way, more I don’t know!

Maximilian: In space you can find stars, the earth, and the moon. There is a half moon and a quarter moon and a new moon.

Wen Wen: There are astronauts who are cutting trees in space! And the stars are shining in space.

Constantin: There are stones and planets.

Proud of your children’s artwork or accomplishments?
Email submissions to editor@beijing-kids.com and you may find them published on our online blog!

Sihan, 3, China

I’m a camel walking in the desert on a sunny day.

Dandan, 3, China
This is a monster fish in the sea.

Ziyu, 4, China
A giraffe wants to get a suntan.

Minting, 3, China
The hedgehog is talking to the bird.

Meitong, 4, China
A cat is taking a holiday on the beach.

Leanor, 4, Belgium
The goldfish and the lamb are best friends.

Aiyang, 2, China
It’s an elephant.

Caixuan, 3, US
The little cheetah is waiting for her mom.

Xuanzhu, 3, China
It’s a colorful octopus.

Mingqian, 3, China
A snake is playing with a red-headed bird.

This article originally appeared on p44-45 of the September 2014 issue of beijingkids. To view it online for free, click here.To find out how you can obtain your own copy, email distribution@truerun.com.