Elephants

Leopard

Horses

From clay to neigh.....

Emma-Jane loves horses, and it reflects in her art....

what a pity we don't live close enough to all our NZ friends who have horses and who let us go riding at a time when Emma was too young to ride.

 

We need to find another medium though as clay just cracks as it dries...any sugestions? She was 8 when she did this.

Here are some face book comments I got a while ago...

Lynne Whiting Miles This is amazing Joy - what a gift Emma has! April 9 at 11:05am · Amanda Wood This is fab...well done Emma April 9 at 4:44pm · Anthea Noad This is truly amazing Joy. Emma has real talent. My son is 7 and he does not even think in this medium what about working with clay in it, April 10 at 6:08am · Lynne Whiting Miles The only other mediums that come to mind that you could do this type of work with are the plastic putty type of thing that you can get in craft shops (will look for the name) - though I would think it would be way too expensive to do such b...See More April 10 at 11:15am · Sharon Elizabeth Campbell might just be the type of clay. Have tried a brown coloured one that works ok. less water? could have a go at carving something too. There is a shop called 'Art Riot' - am sure they could suggest something...Emma - you did a fantastic j...See More April 10 at 3:35pm · Lynne Whiting Miles Yes Fimo - that's it - but yes the price would probably preclude the use April 10 at 8:24pm · Salli Monson i remember as a child working with fimo with my cousins, my aunt used to bake our "creations" afterwards April 10 at 9:15pm · Salli Monson well done Emma you have done a fantastic job, by the way I have a picture of an Elf owl you drew in 2010 as my desktop pic just a reminder to the wonderful talent of my dear little friend, keep it up love April 10 at 9:17pm ·

Mother's Musings: Art Lessons

"It is better to have no art teacher than the wrong art teacher! For the wrong art teacher can destroy the potential giftedness of any person and the right teacher can help make a genius of a 'nobody'. But more important that artistic 'outcomes' is the importance of how the soul feels when doing art, only a good teacher can make the soul sing for joy as learner does art. Let us not forget too that practice and experiments are art 'teachers' too"

At last some new work by Emma

I am so ashamed that it has taken me so long to photograph Emma's work and upload it. This is just a random choice out of her piles and piles of work! It is not necessarily her best, rather it is just what she enjoyed doing the most. Her work improves consistently and steadily. She sees things in her head to draw/paint all the time and can sit anywhere as in a busy waiting room with her work on her knee and produce something of worth in a 10 minute wait. Last week we saw two Doctors and both were amazed and encouraged her to keep up her art! I love watching this little girl blossom as she draws and paints her way through life...

I met a new Australian artist

http://www.anitarowney.com.au/

Last week we went to Mount Taborine and met Anita Rowney. The most intereting thing was the way she created a washed look with her paints, I think she does this with acrylcs too. Usually you do this with watercolours. I ma using acrylics fo rmy horses. I bouhgt a new pant brush and a new green and yellow paint that I need for the grass in my horse painting. It is a fan shaped brush, and I have never had one of these before. One day I would like to have a whole room full of paintings to sell just like Anita Rowney.

Emma-Jane the artist at work:

It is so long since I have put any of Emma's art up, to my shame, as she never stops drawing and painting and is developing her artistic skill as each week goes by! I just cannot keep up. Her most recent endeavour is her first canvas. Here are some shots of her working on it.  She is copying a difficult photograph and is trying to do shading too. Emma has never had any painting lessons before. She does her own mixing and blending etc ....by instinct. It is still a work in progress, I will try and put up the finished work asap when all is done!