Monthly Art Classes in the Spa Studio from May.

Monthly art workshops will start in May at the Kettering Park Hotel and Spa.  It has a very special relaxing vibe there and all are welcome (its not just for members #bonus).

I will be running drop in sessions if you'd like to pop by for coffee and find out what we will be doing.

How to create Wild Women Art? Instagram #wildwomen

Here are the new paintings in progress based on animals and nature and linked to the month's of the year.

Do you have an affinity with a particular animal? 

A creature from your childhood? 

A bird, insect or mammal that appears when you are alone with nature?  

Timid Miss March with hare features.

What characteristics do these totem animals hold? 

What messages do they bring?

 They don't always emerge all at once.  I glimpse the nose or ears and as they grow confident they appear.

Miss February, Hedghog with ivy and berries.

As the year turns these Wild Women appear in the most extraordinary ways.

Miss January, Wolf, a new year, pregnant with possibilities.

To make your own wild woman...

Take a moment in nature to ponder these questions.

Which animal totem speaks to you?

What features do you notice first?  

Go with those.

Start your drawing focusing on those areas.

What plants and foliage are your favourites?

How can you include these? As a tattoo, garland, jewellery.

If there is something you struggle drawing don't include it (notice above... gloved or no hands!)

or recycle magazine images or study the images you want to include.

I'd love to see what your create. Please share your creations on Instagram #wildwomen.

P.S. Tuesday - Just found this VISUAL QUEST by artist and writer Pixie Campbell

It sounds an amazing way to develop creative processes linked to animal totems. 

Disney Art Inspiration February

February whizzed by in a blur! We had a taste of Summer in Florida and was able to research ideas for our children's festival cafe, if you want great service it is the place to go.  

The Disney parades were inspirational and I came away with so many ideas for future art workshops.

Patterns - Colour  - Detail

Look at those legs!

Disney's It's a Small World was designed by artist Mary Blair, and her designs have inspired me to add my interpretation of her designs to the cafe tents.

Travelling gave me time to doodle in my notebook...

...and has inspired a new series of paintings called Wild Women. More news on these very soon.

Artists teaching the Arts - Creative Collaboration Em and I!

Me and Em started our Saturday creativity workshops together back in 2010, as we are both really passionate about creative learning.

I am really pleased that the very talented Emmaline Shaw is now able to bring her own creative skills to schools, through our workshops, as a drama and creative literacy specialist.   

So now we offer drama and creative literacy to our arts workshops.

Just so you know *We are excitedly jumping about shouting in the voice of Miranda's mum "Such fun!"*

We want children to be as excited about the arts as we are.  We want them to be inspired to start creating art, poetry or drama for themselves.

Em Shaw in da Studio

So we develop bespoke workshops, we can look at your curriculum and create some great art and drama or creative writing, which might link to that term's subject learning in some way.  Or not... it doesn't have to, it could just be for creativity's sake. 

Igo Eco Arts New Studio and Big Draw Event

Our new studio officially opened today with a Big Draw event! It was also Farmer's Market Day, Brownies coffee morning and St Mary's Craft Fair in our small town, Burton Latimer.

We are in The Paddocks car park, appropriately behind the recycling bins, and next to The Sugar Barn.

Workshops are getting booked up for November and we'll have Yarn & Glue (bring your personal project) meet up on Thursday afternoons 1-3pm.

French classes for children start for 4 years + on Thursday 3.30-4.00pm with Chrystelle. There's also a pre-school session on Friday mornings 10-10.30am.

Arty Parties can be booked for your children or group, or what about a girl's night out? Learn a new craft then pop over to Vivo or The Shaad for dinner?!

Look out for our drop-ins, competitions and events and let us know if you'd like to exhibit your own arts, crafts and creations.

Also calling all creatives... If you have a skill to share please let us know and we can support you in running a workshop in our town's very own arts studio/gallery space.

We have some very talented people locally, lets shout about it.

Barefoot Books Classic Poems Giveaway!

As Christmas draws closer, I would like to celebrate with my first giveaway!

Jackie Morris's Classic Poems is beautiful and inspired 

our Saturday afternoon artists to paint with watercolour.

 So to enter

leave a comment below with

Your name

and the title of your favourite illustrated children's book

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Giveaway closes on Sunday 27 November, 2011 at 10pm GMT

No purchase necessary.  Giveaway ends Sunday 27 December, 2011 at 10pm GMT

Only one winner will be selected on November 27, 2011 and announced during the next week here.

Famous artists inspiring children to use watercolour

 At our Saturday art club the children are hooked on watercolour painting.  This is how it started...

Once upon a time there was a beautiful book.

Any child that opened the book and looked inside fell under the spell of artist Jackie Morris, who cast her magical brush across its pages to craft The Barefoot Book of Classic Poems

The children of the art club were now forever hungry to view art from inspiring artists.

                             3D art

Paintbox

The new term began and Deep Space Sparkle came to the rescue.

 portraits from Deep Space Sparkle

The bright watercolours, bold outlines and mesmerizing eyes hypnotised the screen's viewer.  

This could be it!

A solution to the spell may be the following ingredients...

3d art + watercolour = James Rizzi

http://jamesrizzi.com/

We began straight away by producing our own Rizzi portraits.

Then drew cityscapes using the image below for inspiration.

Over this term the children are creating their own 3D version of Picture This (below), 

using their own portraits and buildings.

This is definitely not, the end!

Introducing: Polar Bears and Baby Shoes at Witchmountain

After so many lovely comments and shares yesterday, I have been bitten by the blog bug again.

Today I want to share the work of wonderful artist, Kim Tillyer of Witchmountain.  We met at Willowman Festival last Summer Solstice.

Find out about our meeting here http://witchmountain.wordpress.com/2011/06/21/dancing-in-the-rain/

http://www.etsy.com/shop/KimTillyer?ref=top_trail

Kim is a beautiful crafter and has wonderful gifts at her Etsy and Folksy shops.  

http://www.folksy.com/shops/KimTillyer

    

Creating

A few images of creations from this Summer's exhibitions, creative play and workshops.

Igo Eco Arts Saturday Workshops

bottle top mural

under the sea
recycled fabric and materials

lighthouse and seaside
acrylic painting on driftwood and recycled wood

Chalk pastel birds
inspired by Patty Palmer

clay green men

Eco Art Workshop at a local school

preparing those bottle tops

bottle top mural

sprouting seed pizza box garden

sprouting seed gardens

zen doodle recycled flags
inspired by Tibetan prayer flags

didgeridoo and rainsticks recycled from fabric tubes
inspired by Aboriginal paintings

Arts Week May 2011

 Glastonbury candle making in the Green Crafts Field with Angel Gardens

Angel Gardens http://facebook.com/angelgardens2011

                                                    

Festival Creative Play

story and crafts in a Bell Tent

sand play

hooping and circus skills
www.lunatricks.co.uk

Parky Graffiti Ganesh

Facepaint

singing with Katy 'I Can Cook' Ashworth in Angel Gardens

Oscar on bass

Louis on Ukelele

Louis on a unicycle

fun

and home to Garden Art

came home to this


feathery leaved carrots
purple kale
rainbow chard
poppies
amethyst beans
giant beetroots
sunflowers