Come and join me at the Pavilions Theatre Teignmouth on July 30 to make your very own “How to Train Your Dragon” 2D stop motion animation. Make and animate your own Toothless and Hiccup, or invent your own dragon and flying Viking riding across the sea and through the sky! See all the details belowContinue reading ““How to Train Your Dragon” Stop Motion Workshop”
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Snow White Diorama Workshop!
Hello! I’ll be running a children’s craft workshop at the Pavilions Theatre in Teignmouth next Wednesday 28th May! We’ll be making a folding diorama of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves House – it’s a simple make, all you have to do is draw and colour your house and the characters 🙂 Go to theContinue reading “Snow White Diorama Workshop!”
“Shoe People”
I’ve joined Orange Beak Studio’s Picture Book Club 🙂 There are different options that you can subscribe to (it’s a Patreon-thing) so for about £5 per month I get these great prompts for making illustrations. Last month we were given lots of different types of shoes and asked to develop characters from their footwear. ThereContinue reading ““Shoe People””
Small World Animations – where Fireball XL5 meets Button Moon!
Scouring the backwaters of the ITV Hub for a period drama to watch (!!), I came across Fireball XL5 – all the complete series. An early 1960s Gerry Anderson “Supermarionation” (yes, that’s where Super Mario gets his name from) children’s series, I absolutely LOVED this when I was a little kid, and would always watchContinue reading “Small World Animations – where Fireball XL5 meets Button Moon!”
“The Herds”
This is an amazing puppetry project, featuring life-size cardboard puppets of animals that will be walked across the world from the Congo to Trondheim in the Arctic Circle. Animals all over the planet are facing life-threatening dangers from global warming – this project aims to highlight the peril that they, and we (also animals), areContinue reading ““The Herds””
The Amazing Squirrel Circus!
So here’s the animation we made at the recent Small World workshop in Teignmouth. Such a lovely bunch of children, mums and grandparents, all full of brilliant ideas and creativity! Well done, everyone 🙂
Do try this at home – Read for Good story generator
Have a go at this – it’s brilliant. Here’s the story it generated for me (aka Lavinia) The Pop Star by Lavinia I am smally olives, the famous pop star. All my fans threw their hot pants at me when I went on Top of the mops to sing my new single, ‘jumping tuba’. whichContinue reading “Do try this at home – Read for Good story generator”
Roll up, roll up for the Amazing Squirrel Circus animation workshop!
My next kids workshop will be a 2D stop motion animation workshop about a circus featuring the exploits of some very extraordinary squirrels! Suitable for ages 5-12, it’s on 7 April from 10.30-12.30pm. You can book through Teignmouth Pavilions . Come along, it’ll be lots of fun! And here’s a little squirrel in my garden!Continue reading “Roll up, roll up for the Amazing Squirrel Circus animation workshop!”
Fantastical Forests Art Workshop
Some beautiful, magical artworks were made at the “Fantastical Forests” workshop I ran at half term. So good to see all the children so busy and engaged, imagining and creating their own fantastical forest worlds.
Sensory pictures for spring
Spring is taking a while to get to Devon this year, so to brighten up the day we made some colourful, sensory spring pictures with bees and spring flowers. I’ve been working for a few months with a small group of adults with very different abilities at a local care home. They really enjoyed creatingContinue reading “Sensory pictures for spring”
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