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It's time to say goodbye and close the DMC doors. Thank you so much for all the fabulous support from everyone I have me...
04/06/2023

It's time to say goodbye and close the DMC doors. Thank you so much for all the fabulous support from everyone I have met over the past 5 years. From my lovely pre school group, to adult workshops and birthday parties and my home ed group - I have loved every single moment and feel like it has been a real honour for our paths to have crossed. I'm moving onto pastures new but hope to see you all around 😃

This week at Home Ed Art Group, children painted their clay Alebrije inspired by the Mexican artist Pedro Linares. Alebr...
18/11/2022

This week at Home Ed Art Group, children painted their clay Alebrije inspired by the Mexican artist Pedro Linares. Alebrijes are fantastical animals that came to Linares during hallucinations brought on by illness. They are a combination of animals in one, such as a dog's head, snake body, monkey tail and rabbit ears. Some newer alebrijes are made up of just one animal.

Always art to see wherever you go and today was no exception. Kew Gardens was a joy of food art from Pip&Pop and Dia de ...
22/10/2022

Always art to see wherever you go and today was no exception. Kew Gardens was a joy of food art from Pip&Pop and Dia de Los Mu***os 😍

Today at Home Ed Art group we looked at the Mask of Xiuhtecuhtli which can be seen at the British Museum. Children used ...
20/10/2022

Today at Home Ed Art group we looked at the Mask of Xiuhtecuhtli which can be seen at the British Museum. Children used pens and paper squares to create these rather striking masks.

The children don't always get time to finish their art in our sessions so always so pleased to receive pictures of the f...
14/10/2022

The children don't always get time to finish their art in our sessions so always so pleased to receive pictures of the finished artwork. I absolutely love this llama....if you've ever tried drawing one, you'll know how tricky it is to get the eyes right. I think these are spot on....and show the llamas character 🦙🥰

This week at Home Ed Art Group we looked at Molas from Panama. The Mola or Molas is a hand-made textile that forms part ...
13/10/2022

This week at Home Ed Art Group we looked at Molas from Panama. The Mola or Molas is a hand-made textile that forms part of the traditional women's clothing of the indigenous Guna people from Panamá and Colombia, South America. We created ourselves with paper and pens and I think the results are pretty fantastic. From children age 4 - 11.

A couple more lovely llamas using   combined with water gives an amazing watercolour effect 😍
06/10/2022

A couple more lovely llamas using combined with water gives an amazing watercolour effect 😍

Second activity today, recreating the incredible geoglyphs of the Nazca Lines. Created 500BC, these incredible pictures ...
06/10/2022

Second activity today, recreating the incredible geoglyphs of the Nazca Lines. Created 500BC, these incredible pictures are best seen from the air. Luckily ours were a lot smaller! Made with sand, glue and paint.

Today at Home Ed Art Group we explored Peru......first up these lovely llamas using   combined with water gives an amazi...
06/10/2022

Today at Home Ed Art Group we explored Peru......first up these lovely llamas using combined with water gives an amazing watercolour effect 😍

This week at Home Ed Art group we 'went' to Guatemala. Children age 3 - 14 made quilled Quetzals (national bird) and, wi...
11/09/2022

This week at Home Ed Art group we 'went' to Guatemala. Children age 3 - 14 made quilled Quetzals (national bird) and, with acrylics, painted Quetzalcoatl - ancient God - known as Gucumatz in Guatemala.

Science party today for Jack's 6th birthday. Exploding Lava bottles, fizzing Dinosaur Rocks and galaxy slime. Lots of fu...
04/09/2022

Science party today for Jack's 6th birthday. Exploding Lava bottles, fizzing Dinosaur Rocks and galaxy slime. Lots of fun had by all. Craft parties, art parties, science parties.....I'm always excited to do themed parties. Get in touch for totally bespoke parties 🥳

All set up for a Science themed birthday party!
04/09/2022

All set up for a Science themed birthday party!

Lovely to be back at Home Ed Art Group yesterday after the summer hols. We looked at Honduras and painted Amate pictures...
02/09/2022

Lovely to be back at Home Ed Art Group yesterday after the summer hols. We looked at Honduras and painted Amate pictures (originally painted on paper made from the bark of a fig tree). We also made roosters as they are central to Honduran folklore.

This week at Home Ed Art Group we looked at the iconic work of 2 pop artists...Andy Warhol and Peter Blake. We took insp...
03/07/2022

This week at Home Ed Art Group we looked at the iconic work of 2 pop artists...Andy Warhol and Peter Blake. We took inspiration from Warhol's screenprints of Marilyn Monroe and Blake's work creating the cover for The Beatles' Sgt Pepper album. Love the vibrant colours and how the children are brave enough to go with their own style. All work created by children age 3 to 11 years. As always I am in awe 🥰

Over the past two weeks, we have been making mod roc masks. Quite a few faces to spot including Tutankhamen, The Joker a...
23/06/2022

Over the past two weeks, we have been making mod roc masks. Quite a few faces to spot including Tutankhamen, The Joker and Medusa! Created at Home Ed Art group, by children age 3 - 11 years

This week at Home Ed Art group we learnt about value (lightness or darkness of colour) and created these amazing eyes us...
28/05/2022

This week at Home Ed Art group we learnt about value (lightness or darkness of colour) and created these amazing eyes using crayons, oil pastels, and charcoal.

At Home Ed Art group this week, we looked at Insects and children used collage and pastels to make these awesome mixed m...
20/05/2022

At Home Ed Art group this week, we looked at Insects and children used collage and pastels to make these awesome mixed media bugs.

12/05/2022

Today at Home Ed Art we explored the work of Jackson Pollack. Children used paint to squish acrylic paint in layers before throwing powder paint and ink at their canvas. Such great fun!

Awesome street art in Hamburg last weekend 👌
12/05/2022

Awesome street art in Hamburg last weekend 👌

You may remember the awesome animals that the children in my Home Ed art group painted a couple of months ago. Well I en...
12/05/2022

You may remember the awesome animals that the children in my Home Ed art group painted a couple of months ago. Well I entered them into the Royal Academy Young Artists Summer Show competition and one of the pieces were chosen! It will be exhibited online and at the Royal Academy in London!!!! Congratulations Isabella and to all of my amazing artists who entered!

This week and last week we looked at the illustrator (plus composer, director, producer) Dave McKean. I was really struc...
07/04/2022

This week and last week we looked at the illustrator (plus composer, director, producer) Dave McKean. I was really struck my the angles that he draws his characters from and we looked at a technique called foreshortening (essentially drawing from a bird's eye or worm's perspective). Children created a collage background using newspaper and watercolours and then added their character to the top. Zoom in for the detail!

One more...just love the expression in his eyes 😍Royal Academy Children's Show pieces ready to be submitted. I am so pro...
25/03/2022

One more...just love the expression in his eyes 😍

Royal Academy Children's Show pieces ready to be submitted. I am so proud of all of the children who created these pieces of artwork. It was so lovely to watch their process and to produce pieces that they are so (rightly) proud of. Well done everyone 👏 👍 🥰

Part 2: Royal Academy Children's Show pieces ready to be submitted. I am so proud of all of the children who created the...
25/03/2022

Part 2: Royal Academy Children's Show pieces ready to be submitted. I am so proud of all of the children who created these pieces of artwork. It was so lovely to watch their process and to produce pieces that they are so (rightly) proud of. Well done everyone 👏 👍 🥰

Part 1: Royal Academy Children's Show pieces ready to be submitted. I am so proud of all of the children who created the...
25/03/2022

Part 1: Royal Academy Children's Show pieces ready to be submitted. I am so proud of all of the children who created these pieces of artwork. It was so lovely to watch their process and to produce pieces that they are so (rightly) proud of. Well done everyone 👏 👍 🥰

Loved today's 4th birthday party for Hunter. This bespoke craft party was themed around Marvel characters and I absolute...
19/03/2022

Loved today's 4th birthday party for Hunter. This bespoke craft party was themed around Marvel characters and I absolutely loved it! Children made a Hulk canvas, Captain America mask and shield and took Spiderman or Iron Man shooter to make at home. I can provide any theme you want and offer very competitive prices. All activities provided and led by a teacher with 20 years experience....and the best bit? Apart from happy kids, all the mess is cleared away! DM for more details.

Up early and raring to go this morning. Looking forward to a Marvel themed birthday party for 16 3 and 4 Year olds! Can'...
19/03/2022

Up early and raring to go this morning. Looking forward to a Marvel themed birthday party for 16 3 and 4 Year olds! Can't wait!

What a fab session today as we welcomed local illustrator and author  to the group. It was so lovely to see the children...
17/03/2022

What a fab session today as we welcomed local illustrator and author to the group. It was so lovely to see the children listening and interacting with his books. The second activity with was to take the manuscript from his book All the nonsense in my teeth, ans illustrate one of the paragraphs. Always amazing to see the children's interpretations 😍

What a fab session today as we welcomed local illustrator and author  to the group. It was so lovely to see the children...
17/03/2022

What a fab session today as we welcomed local illustrator and author to the group. It was so lovely to see the children listening and interacting with his books. The first activity was to get inside the mind of an illustrator and children created their own characters based on a lucky dip of 3 words. You can see how inspire they were by their fantastic outcomes 😍

Look at these incredible animals we started to paint today at Home Ed Art group. Children who painted these are age 4 to...
10/03/2022

Look at these incredible animals we started to paint today at Home Ed Art group. Children who painted these are age 4 to 11 years! Not all finished yet, and next session we will add the backgrounds. Can't wait to see the finished results if this is what they look like half way through 🥰😍 We will be entering the finished artwork into the Royal Academy's Summer Show competition (for children) Winners will be exhibited online!

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