Mounting a ridulous amount of family portraits!

After a hectic day of mounting all the family portraits that I possibly could, let me say I am very glad that now is Friday night and tomorrow is Saturday..... No work and no more family portraits. I was so run off my feet that I didn't even get time to take any wonderful pics of my favourite class- Year 1!!! And yet their work was glorious, I promise next week I will deliver and take many pics of creative grade one geniuses in action!!

-But here I have posted my work to remind me of why I love to create so much. Life is all about growing and living... What do you think? "A Woolf in sheep's clothing?"

One thing to make me happy is my my work.... and RED, items and things...Below is "The Dove".One Blog I did discover was Miko Design, an awesome blog with some really cool stuff! The Babushkas printed on linen fabric is just beautiful... I want some, as I love Babushka dolls! Also thanks Miko Design for the lovely comment on my blog! Thanks again!!! Love your work too!!!



All I can say is happy weekend everyone, let's party and create!!!

Ruby Red Slippers?

Another long day at school, you know the usual, yard duty, staff meeting after school, the life of a teacher never ends with the parts that make teaching not nice. But with another day of "my family" themed artworks, here are the latest...

-These are Year 3 magic scratch paper portraits. The students just love the scratch paper.... it is very special, as magic scratch paper only comes out in special occasions... this is one of them! I got them to mount the family portraits on coloured card and then frame/ border the artwork as well as signing their own names. Some were amazing, you just never know what masterpieces they will create.

Here are some of my works in progress... This one is a gouache on paper... what do you think??

Not quite finished yet, is this one is another gouache on canvas, something different to try... I love colour and did you notice the girls' shoes??? Yes RED!!!! One can't go anywhere with out the ruby red slippers!!! Neither gouaches are finished, a total work in progress.... Hmmmm where are my red slippers???

Of-course my ruby red slippers are not as glamorous as the real ruby RED slippers. So again, the day ends with red..... Lets see shall we?? Wouldn't it be nice to visit the land of Oz? Munchkins, the Tin Man, Lion and Scarecrow... One of my favourite books and movies of all time... Ahhhhhhhh Ruby Red Slippers. There is no place like home!

Monday Gnoming Day

It is always interesting to be back at work after the weekend. You know people to see, people to meet... My day begins with Spelling and then straight into Art with a rowdy bunch of Year 6's. Luckily for me we had to work on an artwork relating to "my family" so family portrait here we come... .......Let me know what you think.....
-Then the spin was, a family portrait painted using secondary colours. There always is a hidden agenda when it comes to my art classes. Any way I can get the students to remember basic art principals is a good thing... One is always prepared in the real world if you know your primary colours!!! Yea I know, that is the teacher in me.
-Here is one of my gouache gnome paintings. I do love gnomes, they are very interesting individuals... One should always befriend a gnome..

If only I could find a pair of shoes like that, but of-course mine would have to be red! I do have a passion for red items... Red is my colour of choice! Again the photo is very dark, makes the colours look darker than they really are. Or as cheeky Lyn would call it -hooker red. Yes bright red, any red is my ideal colour. Red always makes me feel better, life is better with something red!

Here is some divine :Ginkgo in Deep Red - Limited Edition Pure Hemp Canvas (50cm) by Lara Cameron. It is just beautiful, I love the colour, pattern and divine material.... It would look fabulous as a cushion, bag or even a groove dress. Yes a fabulous summer dress- awesome!!

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-My gnoming group has attended 3 sessions at lunch time. So far, needle felting has had one casualty- lucky student who speared themselves with the needle twice... Once you hurt, you learn not to do it again... At the moment we have created a body, and head. Creating a felted ball was harder for them than I thought...This is what I would like the students to achieve, this is my felted gnome- Harry. If we all get there is another story, but i hold hope that some will create their own little people/ gnomes. You see a red hat always makes one feel better. I think Harry is very happy with his RED hat.

HAPPY RED DAY!!!

Getting My Act Together....

What a lazy day, it is Sunday after all. Washing, cleaning and finally creating a record of some of my artwork. My beautiful hubby took out his super dooper camera and documented my creations.

Henri was like usual unimpressed and decided a snooze on the bed as it was much more interesting. Isn't it so nice being a very pampered pooch? Henri certainly thinks so!

Then organizing all the images into relevant folders on the computer...So here is the result, just a few creations, let me know what you think? I would love to know what you think about my ideas and art work. It is always great to hear what other interesting individual think.

Here are my Ballet Dolls. These are my favourite to create, each one is different and no two are the same. Just like people they each have their own personality... The middle one has my hand in the image so at least you can see a height reference point. They are around about 30cm in height. Maybe a hand model is what I can become if Art stops being my thing! Probably not. But aren't they cute?


This is one of my tapestries. One thing I did learn at university was my love for the time consuming, warp and weft skill. I was lucky enough to indulge myself and really absorb this amazing skill. This is one thing I really do miss....

My Lino Print.... I do love printing such an immediate way of creating with line. Again spoilt for choice in my life as a student, as now I teach my 3 class of very enthusiastic Year 6 students how to do their own lino cuts. After repeating again and again that hands and fingers should never be in front of the lino blade/ tool they have created their own wonderful creations. My love of line and lino always get a great workout at school every year. This lino print photo doesn't do justice, even if I have so say so myself!

And this is my gouache painting that I happily paint away whenever I have a spare minute at work. The students also see me paint and like the fact that I am busily working on my own artwork. Lets hope it inspires them to keep creating later on in life and not just in their early years... This painting hangs on my bedroom wall. I happily wake up to this image every morning...

Lets see what tomorrow brings. My lunchtime "Gnoming group" brings in 20 students who are learning to dry needle felt...We are felting gnomes and little people. It is really interesting to see students learn a new technique and skill...