Paignton Library 10am-12pm Saturday 31 October 2026 Come and make your own Midnight Monster Halloween shadow puppet and bring it to life against a spooky Halloween background. Check Paignton LIbrary website for details!
Author Archives: small world animations
Do you dare to enter…The Creepy Castle??!!
2D stop motion animation workshop for Halloween at Teignmouth Pavilions Design and make your own grimly ghoulish character then bring it (back?) to life with stop motion animation in this Small World Animations workshop.Go online to book or call Teignmouth Pavilions on 01626 249049Workshop details:10.30-12.30pm Pavilions Theatre, TeignmouthActivity suitable for 5-11 year olds£16* per child12Continue reading “Do you dare to enter…The Creepy Castle??!!”
The Elephants Tea Party!
Come and join us for tea and buns (plasticine!) at the Pavilions Theatre on Tuesday 26th May! 🙂 Make your own 2D plasticine elephant plus some cakes and drinks and bring it all to life in this Small World Animations workshop! Go online to book, or call Pavilions on 01626 249049 Workshop details: 10.30-12.30pm PavilionsContinue reading “The Elephants Tea Party!”
How to make a mini concertina book – with pockets! :)
I’m running a workshop tomorrow at Teignmouth Pavilions and we’re going to be making cute little concertina books – with pockets! I think the pockets are the best thing about it 🙂 Once you’ve made the basic book you can fill it with whatever you like – cats, dogs, jungle animals, your family, insects, monsters….Continue reading “How to make a mini concertina book – with pockets! :)”
Woodland World!
What a lovely bunch of woodland animals were created and animated at Tuesday’s workshop at the Pavilions Theatre in Teignmouth. Here’s what we made, enjoy!
Workshops coming up at Teignmouth Pavilions!
I’m running art and animation workshops at the Pavilions in April and May. Click here to book! Woodland Creatures 3D Animation Workshop During the springtime, woodland animals start to come out of hibernation and get ready for the year to come. What’s your favourite Woodland Animal? A rabbit or hedgehog? Maybe a squirrel? Come andContinue reading “Workshops coming up at Teignmouth Pavilions!”
Recent drawings and sketchbook
On the bus (with an excitable Exeter City supporter), the big garden birdwatch, a zig-zag card inspired by the coast at Dawlish , “Blue Bus Monkey” – a new character I spotted, winter walks, and watercolour sketches of rockpool life.
Time Flies Like an Arrow…
…but fruit flies like a banana! It’s already nearly Christmas! It has been an age since I last posted – and that’s because I’ve been very busy, which is good! 🙂 So, a flurry of posts will be incoming shortly, ranging from an inspirational Picture Book Retreat on the Island of Iona, a comic aboutContinue reading “Time Flies Like an Arrow…”
Jane Porter’s Comics Course – Week 2
I totally recommend this course – it’s so much fun, and thought-provoking. Who would’ve thought you could make up a comic round this week’s theme “Getting Dressed”?! The panes show me as a small kid trying on hand-me-down clothes my Nana used to send. They were all ghastly and too big – Nana got themContinue reading “Jane Porter’s Comics Course – Week 2”
Jane Porter Comic Course Week 1
This is going to be so much fun! I’ve been given (given – out of a lucky dip!!!) a place on one of Jane Porter’s fantastic comics courses. The two hours whizzed by and it was so good to meet everyone (from all over because it’s Zoom 🙂 )and see their work – such interestingContinue reading “Jane Porter Comic Course Week 1”