Oh yes, it is the last week of school here before the holiday's and the last week for mad material dashes before the delightful onslaught of classes!
Lesson plans are done, material's list's being checked off, images of inspiring artwork are being gathered and then the labor intensive process of packing class upon class of kits begins! It is now a somewhat familiar frenzy as children wind down to holiday's, mama winds up to an intense period of art class work!
:: I'll never tire of finding these sweet little creatures around our house!
Children can paint and plan their own winter imaginings with these perfect penguins..
:: Tangles of delicious wool and beautiful natural branches are coming together.
The woven branches are a beautiful slow + textural work that look striking in a vase on display...
:: Who would have believed I would need to buy a store out of wooden clipboards!
What a useful way to combine children's artwork and ongoing creativity - use your unique monoprinted clipboard for holiday nature or gallery wanderings - an opportunity to sketch is always at hand...
:: ahh the clay! This is the one medium my children constantly wish to raid in the studio - can there ever be any shortage of ideas with a ball of wet clay in your hands!...
:: We are so inspired by the amazing images of the antarctic found in national geographic and such magazines - these will add wonderful surrealist contrast to our painted acrylic backgrounds!....
:: One of my children's favourite winter activites is fingerknitting! They are rarely seen without a ball of wool running in that familiar manner through fingers! We are looking forward to sharing some creative ideas to use those loooong lengths of knitting and some beautiful winter garlands too....
