Articles by Victoria Wylie

Spring 2016: Saturday morning workshops 1

Dragons, Fairytales and all things Mythical and Magical. The little ones are invited to indulge their magical minds. Heaps of books for inspiration and wonderfully descriptive excerpts from classic fairytales, folklore and mythology. The processes being introduced include collage, stenciling and drawing with wire. The results look amazing! Week 1: Always fun to start a

Spring 2016: Wednesday workshops 1

Dragons, Fairytales and all things Mythical and Magical. The little ones are invited to indulge their magical minds. Heaps of books for inspiration and wonderfully descriptive excerpts from classic fairytales, folklore and mythology. The processes being introduced include collage, stenciling and drawing with wire. The results look amazing! Week 1: Always guaranteed to produce an

Winter 2015: Saturday morning workshops

Seasonal process art and Christmas crafting Week 1: We looked at patterns and explored 3 simple processes with very seasonal Autumn leaves – Relief rubbings, negative spaces and printing. Really focussed and studious efforts today. Lovely results 🙂 Week: 2 Sticking with patterns and Autumnal colours, but this week we looked at repeating patterns taking

Winter 2015: Wednesday workshops

Seasonal process art and Christmas crafting Week 1: Exploring 3 simple processes with very seasonal Autumn leaves – Relief rubbings, negative spaces and printing. Week 2: Autumn leaves continued – careful drawing, lovely mark making and bold water colours. Inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe. Week 3: Autumn colours moving into cold winter colours. Still looking at

October holidays 2015

Birds revisited! Designing and making birds for this holiday block. Day 1: Designing and modelling the birds – thinking about colour, patterns and facial expressions. The children carefully sculpted their birds. During the first session we had a fun storytime exploring moods and facial expressions – and no sulky birds were made  – unlike the

Autumn 2015: Wednesday workshops

It’s all about birds for this 3 week session. Week 1: Modroc – the ooey-gooey birds took shape with lots of effort and hard work Week 2: The birds get all painty, plus we prepped paper for week 3 and the collage activity – speedy mark making, gorgeous patterns and colours Week 3: The painted birds