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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The Owl and the Pussycat workshop
My next workshop will be at Teignmouth Pavilions Theatre on 12th February 10.30am-12.30pm. We’ll be reading the poem and finding out a bit about its author, the artist and writer Edward Lear, and learning a bit about “nonsense verse” too. Come and make, colour and decorate your own model of Edward Lear’s characters The Owl andContinue reading “The Owl and the Pussycat workshop”
make your own santa shadow puppet show!
Here’s a lovely simple activity to download, perfect for keeping you, and your friends and family entertained for long dark nights. Learn how to make your own shadow Santa puppet and set up a shadow “screen” to perform on.
The Girl Without A Face
Very pleased to share my second animated music video here! I was commissioned by Moths of the Moon (a side project of Bimingham-based band Pram) to make a stop motion animation to accompany a track on their recently released EP “Another Place” (Ondes Positives Recordings). It’s a kind of dark, but not too dark, Pogles-esqueContinue reading “The Girl Without A Face”
Live Drawing Online Tonight!
I can’t believe I’m doing this, but it is so exciting!! I’m going to be live illustrating today on Instagram 3pm EST – 8pm GMT with the Community Bookstore in Brooklyn, NYC!!! Their children’s books specialist Philipp Goedicke reads classic children’s stories live on Insta every day and invites an illustrator to draw along. IfContinue reading “Live Drawing Online Tonight!”
Make Your Own Comic Workshop
Fresh up on my Free Downloads page, a Make Your Own Comic Workshop! Click on picture below to download, and send me the results please! I would love to see your work, and I will post it here on my website! 🙂
Lego Dancehall Culture!
Created during the lockdown by MC Stevie Youngculture, this is a brilliantly atmospheric music video, featuring Stevie’s own vocals. I love the sound system detail! 🙂 Feeling inspired? Stevie used the 3D animation tutorial download I posted a couple of weeks ago to make this. Why not have a go at making your own andContinue reading “Lego Dancehall Culture!”
The Andean Bears of “Darkest Peru”
Creative learning activity suitable for 8 years and up. I’ve been trying to draw bears a lot recently. There’s something so cuddly about them – like teddy bears – but that’s not at all true, and I wouldn’t like to meet one up close – that’s a fact! :/ Here’s a great article about real-life,Continue reading “The Andean Bears of “Darkest Peru””
Make Your Own – Rocket Comic Book!
Make Your Own Rocket Comic Book! This latest downloadable make is now up on my DIY page It’s a simple creative make for kids 7 and up, using basic, inexpensive materials. Click to go to the DIY page and click on the Rocket Comic Book heading to download. This fun make can be usedContinue reading “Make Your Own – Rocket Comic Book!”
Samurai Warrior Costume
Here’s another make you can do at home. To find out how to make it, go to to my DIY page and download the instructions there. Have fun! Make Your Own Samurai Warrior Costume! Easy make. Some help with stapling and cutting from a grownup required. Suitable for ages 5 and up. IfContinue reading “Samurai Warrior Costume”