As part of a new project launched in April by Firstsite Gallery in Colchester, artist Mark Wallinger hopes bored people everywhere will draw their own hand and put it in their window as a kind of nationwide wave. He wanted people to trace their hand and then draw in all the details, put the drawing in a window and post it online.

Mark said, "The idea is that it becomes a gesture of contact. To wave at someone is a thing we all learned to do very early on."

The Oldbury Wells Art department adapted this project so that students could develop their hands creatively and use inspiration from art, different cultures or their imagination to create a design.

The responses were amazing as you can see from our online gallery. Many students developed hands as a national wave, as a thank you to the NHS or they created a piece of artwork to make a connection with the outside world by posting them on their windows.

Well done to all those who took part. There will be more opportunities to engage in fun art activities as part of this ongoing initiative with new projects launched over the half term break, so watch this space!!