A group of Capetonians are painting rocks and hiding them around the city

Sunningdale Primary and Seeff Blouberg launch rock painting competition to spread a little love across the city

A group of Capetonians are painting rocks and hiding them around the city for people to find. The group has grown and is spreading real joy throughout the city.
They invite people to paint rocks with anything beautiful and then hide them around the city.
The group has some pretty great philosophies, they feel that if you are placing a rock or finding one, check that the area around the rock is neat, if not pick up any litter and keep the public spaces neat and tidy. This is how the concept works:

You simply paint pebbles and leave them in open, public areas for random strangers to find. The idea is that the stranger will get a delightful surprise and they can either re-hide the painted rock or keep it.

According to Seeff Blouberg who conceived the competition concept, this competition was designed to get learners away from their screens and apply their minds to create something of beauty to make people happy and improve the environment. There are now over international 20 000 international rock painting members.

Spreading kindness through rock art

"At Seeff Properties, home is our story and we decided to join the sustainability movement away from paper, and turn to something iconically intrinsic to Blouberg, and offer the concept to learners to showcase their creative spirits. We're in the property business, and the stones once painted, may decorate gardens and are a simple and charming art form"

Danya Van Der Merwe, Art Educator at Sunningdale Primary school welcomed the idea, and together, they designed a competition for the older learners to paint the stones during the Easter school holidays and enter the Rock Art competition, for which the first three prizes are sought after items for learners. Each student will receive a beautiful Seeff certificate denoting their participation. Judges include Danya, Clinton Martle Principal Seeff  Blouberg and Gillian Mulock-Bentley. The winners were chosen at an event at Sunningdale school after the Easter school holidays. Prizes included vouchers for Canal Walk totalling R2000.
Winners were: Kelly-Rose Minne, Kate Maggot, and first prize went to Elaina De Sousa.

Painted stones bring kindness which make strangers excited and happy, as it uplifts their spirits. "It's all about sharing a message of kindness, to uplift someone who might need it on that specific day when they find it."

Rock painting is an innocent art form which requires simple techniques and brings surprise and unexpected joy to people.