frogs painted

After looking at images on the internet, we painted our clay frog 'sculptures' today. Glad to say that only a few pieces broke off during the drying process.

new painting

Just painted up a pic as a thankyou gift for someone who helped get a sticky problem sorted. Had to take it with flash, daylight gone.

Hope she likes it.

Acrylics, ink & collage on canvas board.

20 x 20 cm

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Another frog - I love the expression on this one - I wonder what he's looking at!

frogs

Following on from our 'life circle' sketches we ventured into 3D. We had a go at making frogs from simple balls and sausages of air-hardening clay. I think they've turned out quite well. I only hope they don't crack up when they dry out. We'll paint them next week (or not).

life circles

In science we are currently 'doing' life cycles. In art therefore I showed the children how easy it was to create recognisable images from circles (life 'circles'). I demonstrated how they could use the same basic template to create pictures of a wide variety of animals - see my 'here's one I did earlier' pics for the polar bear, dog, lion and elephant. I also showed them that the lion could, by the judicious use of spots, stripes etc., become virtually any big cat.

Have put together a very rough dummy copy of my 4-way story book and have decided to send it off to agents/publishers to gauge the response - wish me luck.

little red riding hood

Have just finished drawing and inking in all the picture roughs for my 'innovative, unique' version of Little Red Riding Hood. The story is told concurrently in 4 parts and can be 'read' in a variety of ways by more than one person at a time! Was thinking about trying to get a publisher/agent but am equally drawn to self-publishing it. Shall have to have a think about it.

free painting

Had some 'spare' time after finishing our Warholesque self-portraits so we did some 'free' painting. I love the way the children painted beyond their lines and weren't at all bothered about colours flowing and mixing.