Wedding Gift

Earlier this year, my lovely friend Rachael got married! Here is a little gift I made for her:)

I used Prismacolour pencils on prismacolour board

Red Riding Wolf

I'm working on some pieces for an up coming exhibition, here's a little look at what I'm working on at the moment...

I'm using prismacolours on wood. So much fun!

Part 3: Painted and finished Little clay frogs

Here we go! Lily Pads, flowers and frogs painted!

All the little frogs. They turned out so well!

Part 2: Making a little clay frog

Here is a quick guide to how I made the little frog.

 

Using air drying clay, make 2 small balls, a medium ball and shape into a football, a large ball, and lastly 2 short and 2 long lengths of clay.

Using one of the short lengths, I squashed one end using a clay tool

I then made two cuts as shown to make the little toes. Do this with the other short length. These will be the front arms.

With the long length I again made the toes and then gently bent in half. You may need to use water and or tools to flatten and smooth any cracks. Do this with both long lengths and you have your back legs.

You can now join the legs to the body, which is the large ball.

For the head I used the medium football shape. With my clay tool I gently started to make a big mouth. See below

Add the two small balls for the eyes and you can poke little eyes with a skewer or even the back of a texta.

Here is the finished product! I added a little tounge too.

These are the frogs the class made. They did a great job but air drying clay can be hard to work with. Some of my class struggled with cracking and the clay falling apart. I helped warming up the clay and getting it ready for them to work with.

Here are the painted Lily pads and flowers the kids made.

Next week we will paint the frogs so stay tuned!

Part 1: Little clay frogs on a Lily pad

I am making these cute clay frogs with my kids tonight! Ages 5-8. 

Materials I used:

For the frog - air drying clay, clay tools, water

For the lily pad and flower - pink, yellow and green paint, small paper cup, paper plate, scissors

I'll let you know how it goes :) 

Cactus Art and Craft for kids!

I teach drawing and craft classes to primary school aged children each week and I thought I would share some of their creations!

Cactus pot plants

 This was good fun and so easy to do with my kids!

Materials I used (you can substitute materials if something else works better for you)

Pizza board

Craft pots

Cupcake liners (bright colours work best)

Coloured paper

PVA glue

Textas/Pencils/Pastels/Crayons

Scissors

Sequins

Floral foam

Green tissue paper

Green Paint or watercolour

progress of little sketch

Elephant Art and Craft for kids!

Exhibition Hiatus

Well, gosh! The exhibition was a great success but then I took a break and whoops, the months swam past.
Here is a look at some of the pieces I put into the exhibition...