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After a visit to What?if! last week, one of their principles has been rattling around my brain and that’s the idea of ‘realness’. It’s the notion that once an idea is physically out in the world, whether that is in the form of a drawing or a lego model or knitting or whatever, then that [...]
One of the projects we have been working on is a leaflet encouraging parents to read with their kids. The drawings have definitely inspired the children. I hope they make the idea seem more fun to the parents too and that they feel inspired to spend some time together. It’s just plain good to spend one-on-one time, [...]
I feel passionate about getting people drawing, it is the most delightful experience and goes deep to the root of our souls. Many people feel that it is a gift, that it comes naturally (a myth that is perpetuated by artists I’m sure) and I absolutely refute that. We are all capable and all we [...]
Has anyone else noticed that drawing is suddenly being used everywhere? I’ve been watching the movement gathering momentum with great excitement as advertising goes artisan. I think some of the most creative work ever is being done right now. The “connecting people” map in the Nokia advert, the retro etch-a-sketch mini and the VW [...]
We’ve been working on the email newsletter to introduce ourselves to more people. I really enjoyed doing the elvis look-a-like drawing, balloon animals make me chuckle. We’re also doing some drawings for a book on twins, the drawings are helping to bring some of the great stories to life. I’m confident that they will help [...]
Drawing, a love affair.
Let me begin by telling you about what was probably my first artistic endeavor. I was three years old. The house had just been decorated and for the first time in their young married lives my Mum and Dad had scraped up enough money to buy some brand new furniture. [...]
I went to a life drawing class that has left me thinking. I was especially interested this particular week because the model was a dwarf. It wasn’t just me, there was a high turn out. Who wouldn’t be interested to see a dwarf in the nude? I must admit I felt really giggly and [...]
Completely unrelated, but we went camping in the new forest this weekend. Brilliant. So good to be outdoors, blow the cobwebs off. The days are long when you sleep in a tent. If your weekends are going too quickly then spend a whole weekend outdoors (you could even put a tent up in the garden) [...]