The Art Lady

     Detail of the artwork   "Snugglepot and Cuddlepie" turn 100 years old this year, so to celebrate this event, I decided it would be patriotic to create an artwork. Images of them are being projected onto the fronts of buildings as part of the VIVID festival. You should check out this Sydney festival on Google. Its fantastic!!!!!    May Gibbs began her life in Australia after immigrating from England with her parents in 1881. Her first published book, "The Gumnut Babies", was published in 1916. Her most famous book,  "Snugglepot and Cuddlepie", was published in 1918 as part of the end-of-World-War-1 celebrations. Like all of her books, she illustrated this books with bush fairies, bush creatures and, of course, Snugglepot and Cuddlepie .   May Gibbs had a strong understanding of the Australian bush and a great love of nature. She imparted this through her books and illustrations. She wanted all children, not just Australian, to have a love

   Instructions for creating this artwork can be found in the post "drawing with Lines - Owls" which I pos ted on 28th October, 2017. These artworks were created by students aged 8 - 9 years old.       

   At one of the primary schools in which I do volunteer and casual work, they have an initiative whereby the mothers of students are invited to attend school for 2 hours in the morning.    I was asked to run a workshop and we decided to focus on Mother's Day.    After the success of my Painted Monsters art lesson, we agreed on a small painting using a printed black and white image of flowers on canvas. A coloured Resource Image was also provided to guide the student and his/her Mum with their paint application and toning. Printed onto A4 sized primed canvas. Each artwork is A5 in size. Resource Image      Once the painting stage is completed, we will add some lines with black markers, fine Artline and Pocsa pens.   ARTWORKS TO FOLLOW....... We didn't get the artwork finished during the set session, so we decided to finish them off at a later date (the following Friday). The students are doing such a wonderful job that we didn't want to rush t

These artworks by students in Year 5 and 6 (aged 11 and 12 years)  are fantastic......wow!!!!!    When completing the artwork, I had student refer back to the original coloured Resource Image to add black marker outlines. Much emphasis was placed on being sensitive with their line work and avoiding horrible, thick black lines that would "kill" their painting.    We also used the white Posca pens more than expected as bright white was missing from their paintings. It was needed to create visual impact.    I am so proud of what the students achieved and they all went home with smiles on their faces. Well done, Year 5/6 at Windsor Public School, Windsor, New South Wales, Australia!!!!!!     In progress... Completed Artwork      In progress... Completed Artwork     In progress... Completed Artwork     In progress... Completed Artwork     In progress... Completed Artwork   Completed Artwork Completed Artwork