WATCH: Students inspired by talented 'foot' artist
INSPIRED students "tried their foot" at a new skill this morning with a visit from artist and Thalidomide survivor Trish Jackson.
Although she was born with no arms and only three fingers on each hand, Mrs Jackson has found a way to create amazing pictures using her toes.
She makes it look like a breeze, but students found out drawing with your feet is anything but easy.
Year 3 student Emma Woodside discovered a special technique for colouring in.
"I can do this flick thing with my toes so it's a bit easier to colour," she said.
"I am trying to draw a lizard with a bit of a wig on it."
Miss Woodside said she loved Mrs Jackson's drawings.
"They are better than everyone's and they are really nice," she said.
Year 3 teacher Mel Stephenson said the opportunity to meet Trish was an experience students would remember for years to come.
"They get an insight into how even though you can appear different, you can still do things everyone else does," she said.
"Seeing Trish's resilience is what we want the students to get out of it."
The students were inquisitive, flocking around Mrs Jackson and asking plenty of questions about how she does things "the Trish way".
"Having Trish come and speak is so important for developing a future generation that is more open minded towards people with disabilities," Mrs Stephenson said.
Mrs Jackson had been conducting workshops and giving motivational speeches at schools around the country for three years.
