All the drawings were carefully cut out hoping to keep the childlike nature of the drawings, such as the wavy lines. I then glued them to a painted canvas based around the colours of the drawings. I also added some beautiful patterned papers from Pulp, a creative paper shop up the road. I had a ball covering my studio with bits of paper and paint.
This first canvas has a lot of lovely family orientated drawings combined with fish. The children in this class are around 3-4 years old. I love the drawing of the two yellow turtles holding hands. Such wonderful relationships in this class I feel.
I had so many drawings to choose from. They were all so wonderful even a scribble I wanted to include. Don't you love the big woman with the baby mermaid inside her belly.
Tess, the teacher of my daughter's group spread books with pictures of the ocean all around the room to inspire the children to draw. It was a great theme for Manly children as most Dad's are surfers and the boys really got into it. So many Mums complain that their sons don't draw, but they did for this project.
This is a detail of the above canvas where you can see how many boys drew their Dad's riding the waves. I just love it. I hope who ever bought it treasures the drawing efforts.
This 4th canvas shows the younger children's love for colour. The entire group covered leaves in inks. I added some paper behind them because, as you know, I am a lover of patterns.
Yes and people did pay small money for them at the silent auction even though my husband said they seem to rather buy something else, like a power drill or some wine glasses...
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Pru Smith commented on 14-Aug-2010 08:04 AM
Simply delicious... I was always involved in art projects at my son's kindy so really appreciate how beautiful these are. Great job indeed. Love following your blog. Pruxxx
Jennifer commented on 13-Aug-2010 02:34 AM
Those are just precious! There is nothing like children's artwork; it can't be replicated. You did a wonderful job with the paintings!
Jennifer :)
Jennifer :)
Kirsten Heap commented on 12-Aug-2010 09:16 PM
What beautiful canvasses you created. I think people should appreciate the free way in which children create more openly. They would be happy to pay big money for an artwork by an 'established artist', but I bet that if they hung one of these works on there walls, it would be much more of a talking point.
But you were working with a tough crowd, as most parents probably already had 20 paintings stuck to there fridge.
Great job for putting in the effort, and glad they brought some joy to your day!
But you were working with a tough crowd, as most parents probably already had 20 paintings stuck to there fridge.
Great job for putting in the effort, and glad they brought some joy to your day!
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