Daniel Drum

Daniel Drum ( my 13 year old artist nephew) has done it again! Alien with flashlight and gun. I've always loved Daniel's very individual style of drawing, he's manic with the black pen, possessing a fluid confidence in his artwork.This is fantastic, Daniel, thanks for lending me this drawing for the blog. Keep drawing!

Ben Grey

 Ben Grey is the very first male artist in Natimuk to become a Drawing Time member!!!

The above drawings are from Ben's first Drawing Time session last week. Aren't they fabulous? I particularly like the fruit tree up the top, I wish I had one like that in my back yard. And check out Ben's latest ferocious dragon.....loving the scary flames, Ben! 

Ben is an expert on dragons, he has been drawing them for years. I was lucky enough to see his drawing folder from the last year. It's hard to believe that Ben is just five years old, these drawings are so good! The drawing below was taken from his kinder drawing folder. Can you guess where you may have seen these creatures before? Fantastic, Ben!

Finn Molloy-Drum

 Finn Molloy-Drum is a superstar artist at 6 and 2/3 years of age.

Finn drew these "S" ones at Christmas time 2012. 
Number 1 secret agent. 

Finn, You Rock AND You Roll!!! 

Mitch Spasic

Mitch Spasic is an artist from 298 Horsham PS..he's in Year 5, Mr Vivien's class. He drew this picture today at school, Ive been taking Mr Vivien's class for the last three weeks while Mr Vivien's been holidaying overseas. Mitch has been researching the albotross in Antartica while I've been there...how's this amazing drawing? It's fantastic, isn't it? Mitch told me today that he does draw a bit at home, in between living the outdoor farmer life and school.... but he added that today he seemed to be calling up his inner artist to produce such an amazing piece of work....well, Mitch, in my opinion, you are an artist AND a farmer! Fabulous drawing!

Finn Molloy-Drum

Ghost-witch

Finn Molloy-Drum is my six year old nephew. Yes, it's hard to believe that someone so young could produce such an awesome masterpiece. How cool is that ghost-witch? Makes me want to charge up my old broomstick that lives out on the back step, and fly along for the ride. There's so much action up there in Finn's night sky, with the rocket close by shooting upward, and the meteorite whizzing downward...all the yellow stars, the Moon glowing happily, and hey, look! That must be Earth down in the lower right-hand side of the picture! I can see its blue oceans and green countries. The Ghost-witch must have been flying for a very long time, because the earth looks so small...

Finn used the latest Paint software on his mum's laptop to whip up this picture...it's an absolute ripper! Thanks a squillion for emailing it to me, Finn...I've saved it as my desktop background on my new laptop so I can see it all the time.

HMC

For the last ten years that I have taught kids and run Drawing Time in Carlton North, I have been hassled by the kids to reveal my age to them. I have always answered that it would cost $100 to reveal my age. The secret has thus stayed with me for all these years, despite the many hand-drawn $100 notes that have been presented to me over the years....none of them I could accept despite their fine counterfeit potential.When I say $100, I mean the real McCoy. But I've always been impressed by the amazing designs and the effort taken to pursue this strange mission. Above is the latest design, presented by HMC in last week's session. It's so great, I was very nearly tempted to break my policy and swap my age secret for the note. Luckily I resisted his persistent offers, and the secret stays safe in my pocket. I do think that HMC's note is much nicer than the real one. I'm sure there will be a $500 or $1000 note one day, I'll suggest to HMC that he sends off his design ideas to the Reserve Bank.

Comic strip war!

 

So Harry is a "sweet kid" and I'm a "really hot-tempered person"!!! For that I get blown up in my toilet!

How did the comic strip war begin? At the beginning of last week's session, I sat opposite Liam and saw him draw up squares onto his paper to start a comic. I thought that looked exciting, so I started my own. I decided to use Harry as my main character in the comic, because he was in a funny cheeky mood last week as soon as he got in the door...not in a bad funny cheeky way...in a fun funny cheeky way. Harry then started his own comic, I think Dane also got started on one...suddenly I was told that there was a team of three boys who were designing a comic about me, that I'd better watch out as I'd surely die at least once and probably very gruesomely as well.

So the comic strip war began. Luckily I had a major supporter on my side: Liam. He drew me a lovely picture of everything that was the opposite to war, which I'll post later this week. And then he drew this fantastic poster: "No War"

What a cool poster. I'd like this one blown up to A0 size and posted up all over town. Thanks Liam! And I have to admit too that I'm pretty impressed with Harry's comic, except the bit where I get blown up. Harry's also made sure that no-one else will steal his comic strip story, there's no doubt about that copyright in his own handwriting.

Dane Campbell

I really like this one. Dane decided to just play around with lines, and came up with this abstract piece. It was a new direction for him, and I hope he will continue to explore new ground in this way. Well done, Dane!

Exquisite Corpse

Exquisite Corpse fun takes place now and then in Drawing Time. Liam has kicked it off with a fantastic creature's head, but I'm not sure who continued with the torso section and the legs...perhaps Dane was involved? Again, I need the artists to hold up their hands for the answer to this...please use the comments box to let me know. I really like this one too because it contains some pretty interesting twists to the usual exquisite corpse, as if a story played out on the way unbeknown to the artists involved yet somehow fitting in together....I think!

HMC

 HMC continues to create the most whackily imaginitive artpieces!! HMC, if you could please give us a description in the comments section of what is really going on here in each picture, that would be very much appreciated! I am so intrigued to find out more about each piece. Fantastic stuff!

HMC

What a corker of a picture!! Maybe there are Drawing Time bloggees out there who are unaware that "Crackers" are the half the reason why Drawing Time is popular. I have been serving up corn cakes, flavoured and plain, for all these Drawing Time years. The artists call them crackers, and there above is the first ever drawing of our favourite Drawing Time treat. HMC is the creator of this picture. I thought it would look great on a t-shirt, and I believe HMC is actually putting this idea into motion already. Will keep you all posted...it's so cool, isn't it?

Dane Campbell

I have more of Dane's artwork to post up here tomorrow, but here's a taster of what is to come. Dane has a wicked and wild imagination, and often his pictures will remind me of a scene from an epic movie. Dane, would you be able to describe what's going on in this picture in the comments box? I would appreciate that...it's a fantastic picture with so much going on in it....it would be great to read about the story behind it. More later.

Laszlo Wyers-Wagonfeld

 All of the above pictures are from the amazing artist, Laszlo Wyers-Wagonfeld!! What a talent! Click on them and see them enlarged, he is a master!! Laszlo, are you Lance. or is that someone else with a new nickname? The picture below is a collaboration between Laszlo and me. I think it's Laszlo. There's a little creature saying "I'm Laszlo!" in the centre of the picture, but that doesn't necessarily follow that the artist involved is Laszlo. And I can't remember. So I await your confirmation or correction, boys!

Harry and Mars collaborate

Harry and I have collaborated on many pieces. Here's one from early this term. We both love ProMarker pens. Harry is the unofficial caretaker of the pens...he lets me know when the tips are wearing out, and writes down the exact colours that need replacement! It's always a delight to work with Harry, and observe how he creates the images on the page, using such a sure hand and a razor sharp wit!

Boys Only Drawing Time August 16th 2011

Here above we have another outstanding catastrophically themed art-piece from the amazing KVG!

Above is a shot of Charlie Stewart's hands hard at work on a new masterpiece. Charlie will be featured on this blog when this piece is complete. Can't wait to see more!

Dane Campbell and Mars Drum collaborate

Dane became a Drawing Time artist only recently, and hasn't wasted any time showing us all what a fantastic imagination he has for inventing new strange unique creatures. Today Dane and I collaborated for the first time and it was so much fun! We rotated the art-piece about seven times over the half hour, and we were delighted with the result. Well done, Dane!