Kievan

 The picture above is titled "Calcutta Zoo", Please click on it and have a closer look. Kievan has the kookiest sense of humour, I love his drawings as they usually uncover a highly imaginitive and perspicacious view on life.

Kievan prefers to draw mostly in HB greylead, and often depicts highly charged situations that require close attention to really see what's going on. So again, I urge the viewer to click on these pictures and move in for a closer look. Usually, there's a huge amount  going on in Kievan's pictures, and it's really worth checking out closely. Kievan has an amazing mind, his philosophical observations on life never fail to impress me, coming from one so young. He is an avid reader as well as artist, so I guess that helps develop the mind of a wizard!

I can see Kievan ruling a country one day, or at least a ministry or faculty, and I'm hoping that he will introduce drawing as a compulsory school subject to help the next generation to solve humanity's problems. Keep doing what you're doing so well, Kievan!

Sean Liam Carlos Harry

A very amusing collaboration between four Drawing Time boys.

Harry

Harry, I LOVE your drawings! Harry is such an enthusiastic artist in the club, he draws non-stop for the whole 90 minutes. One thing that I really enjoy about Harry is how he observes the artwork of the older boys in the club, and tries out the styles or colours for himself. He knows what he likes, for example, here he has been inspired by the colours Adian used in his name and the style that Ethan used in his recent work ( both can be seen in earlier posts), and he has come up with his own piece of art that looks just fantastic! Harry is also a collector of discarded artworks from the older boys, he finishes them off in a really clever way, sometimes completely transforming them with a new perspective. Harry, you are really a very talented artist, I'm delighted that you joined the club this year. Hooray!

Kievan and Liam

This is a super-duper-cool collaboration between Kievan and Liam, and I would like to see more collaborative drawings between these two, if this is the sort of art that's produced! Isn't it fabulous? Love the colours too, boys... more new texta colours coming tomorrow, so hope this entices you to come up with more more MORE drawings like this!

Darcy

Darcy is an exceptionally skillful artist, and when it comes to drawing birds and dragons in flight, he can draw the wings beautifully, even without an image in front of him to copy. He is really dedicated to getting it right, especially when it comes to the animal kingdom. I've learnt so much from Darcy over the years he's being drawing in the club, especially about this factor: paying attention to detail. Awesome work, Darcy! Congratulations!

Carlos and Mars

Sometimes a Drawing Time artist will cast aside his picture before finishing it, declaring the picture dead for whatever reason. I then ask if anyone else would like to finish it off. If no takers, then I'll finish it. So here's an example of a collaboration that has occurred in this way. Carlos began the drawing, I finished it, trying to imitate Carlos's style... see how he likes to use double lines? I love that effect, and it's fun to draw like this too.

Carlos

How's this lot of pictures from Carlos?

Very different styles going on, you'd think it was a group show, but no! It's all Carlos! Extraordinary talent you have, Carlos...I am sooo impressed!

The last one there on the left is called "In your imagination"... a very apt title for such a surreal piece of art.

Sean

What a visual feast from this amazing Drawing Time artist...it's Sean! He really knows how to put some real action in his pictures...they're awesome, Sean! Viewers, make sure you click on to the one just above to check out the detail in close-up, there's soooo much going on, and it's pretty full on when you get up close!!

Abir

Abir has not attended Drawing Time this term..he's too busy looking after his new little baby sibling. I found this picture of Abir's in my folder so I had to put it on the blog before giving back to Abir, because it's so great! I love Abir's artwork, and heard a rumour that he may be coming back to DT next year. 

Ethan Allman

What's another word for "WOW!!!"??? 
El Supremo, awesome, cat's meow, far out, first-class, first-rate, out of sight, out of this world, primo, sensational, superb, unreal!!! 


Ethan, this is a triumph! Keep this up and you will be able to pick and choose any gallery you like one day! This is just so beautiful, I would love to have this on my wall at home, but I probably wouldn't get any work done because I would stare and stare at it until I fall into a trance. I think this piece is an extension of  some of the indigenous art that Ethan's been working on with his Arthur, his art teacher at his school. Sensational!

Harry

Harry and I did a collaborative drawing this week, using our fantastic marker pens. It's amazing how two artists working on one picture just keep bouncing off each other as they draw. It's like a friendly game of ping-pong, including swapping ends. I think the bird popping out of the character who looks a bit like Pigsy out of the TV series, "Monkey", is eyeing off the hamburger on the ground and wondering who's going to get ti it first. And what about that poor old frog falling out of the sky? Don't fancy it's landing place.

And what on earth is happening in the picture on the left? I could guess that it has something to do with a dead body, in fact, a skeleton... and a dinosaur bone...buried deep in the ground...or rock...or cave...I am so intrigued by this amazing picture. Harry, if you're reading this, please tell me all about this picture next Tuesday at the next drawing session! I dont know how I can wait until then!

Check out this gorgeously amazing wild picture! It's the kind of picture you could stare at for days until you forget who you are completely! I am sooo impressed! Harry's really making the most of these texta colours, and inspired also I think by Ethan's latest masterpiece. Super deluxe, Harry!

Battle Slash!

More Battle Slash from Sean coming to you later on this week!

Darc

Darc has produced this incredibly beautiful masterpiece. I love the way he has combined his own style with Indigenous Australian influences, making this a really unique piece of art. The new textas in Drawing Time have proved to be a tremendous hit, breeding a whole new approach to drawing for the boys. Darc has these textas at home as well, he has really mastered how to use them to best effect. This amazing piece of artwork by Darc has proved to be very inspirational for several of the other boys in the Drawing Club. Congratulations, Darc! Your art is incredibly beautiful!

KVG

Kievan attended my holiday Painting Time program, and ended up painting masterpieces such as above. I'm so proud to have such an artist as part of the club.

Harry

Harry is the latest artist to join Drawing Time! He's only in Grade Prep but look at what he has produced in his very first DT session! Absolutely fantastic! These three characters have so much mystery surrounding them, the way they look at each other so suspiciously.... I didn't get to ask Harry last week about these three last week, he was so busy drawing, moving on after finishing one piece. I'll find out more from him tomorrow, I'm really looking forward to seeing what lands on his paper next! Welcome to the Boys Drawing Club, Harry!

Horus

Horus completed this wonderful piece of art many months ago, somehow it only landed on the blog though today. There is so much to look at in this picture, the detail is astounding, the colours so arresting! The multi-dimensional illusions! The genetic mutations! I'm so impressed with the art of Horus. He draws so quietly from beginning to end of Drawing Time, producing masterpieces of wild imagination and surreal scenarios. This piece really makes me think that Horus has succeeded in blurring the boundaries of daytime reality and dreamscapes. I absolutely love this piece, and shall be asking Horus for more information on the flag in the background as well, what do all those symbols mean?

WOW! What - a - MASTERPIECE! this is epic indeed! I added a few books about Ancient Egypt to the Drawing Time library this month, especially for Horus, as I knew somehow that he had a special connection to Ancient Egypt! A fascinating journey above, I am soooo impressed, I shall be writing down tomorrow what Horus has to explain about this incredibly beautiful and magical piece of art so I can share it with you ASAP!

Carlos

What an amazing drawing! Carlos worked hard last week on reproducing this picture from a Drawing Time library book, and I think it's actually much much better than the original. What a character! Check out how Carlos has tackled the foreshortening of the cowboy's arm and hand....Incredible! Carlos has drawn those difficult lines with great conviction, thus allowing us as viewers to be easily tricked into the illusion that the hand is much closer to us than the rest of the body. Nothing is too challenging for Carlos...I'm looking forward to our next collaboration, I want to join him in practising the art of foreshortening, get some tips from him!

Darc ???

 This Cypholiptisyte is very authentically reproduced... I love the way the Cypholiptisyte looks so eager and friendly, while the snake appears to be more reserved in displaying such exuberance.

But is this artwork really by Darcy? I'm intirgued, as it seems as if it may belong to another DT artist who has trickily assigned the work to Darc...? I shall get back to you on this after tomorrow's Boys Drawing Time session.

Now this one to the right I definitely know is the work of Darc. He has taken on the new Letraset colours like a true master. This colouring is brilliant, not to mention the character Darc has conjured up for our delight! I love the way Darc has drawn the nose lines, and the little teeth... I'd like this picture on a T-shirt actually, I must discuss this possibility with Darc tomorrow.

Do Do

Do Do is not a new member of Drawing Time, he's just upgraded his name from President of Drawing Time to Do Do. His artwork remains as fabulous and distinctively presidential as ever though. This "W" is Very Cool. And as for the three characters below? Love 'em!

Carlos

Two new AMAZING drawings from Carlos! He makes good use of the Drawing Time library, flicking through the pages for inspiration before conjuring up his own images that are really fantastic! The above drawing is depicting the full force of the dragon's wrath as the humans trespass on dragon territory in an attempt to rescue the Princess who is kept prisoner by the dragon. Alas, the humans perish in their rescue attempt...

 This giant human is armed to confront the dragon. He looks tough and that weapon looks completely ferocious, but will he survive the dragon's fire? 

Sean

The creature in the above drawing "has been created from a generation spark. He goes on missions to kill aliens who try to invade Earth". This is how Sean has described what is happening in the picture...he's an amazing artist, just look at the way he drawn the snake wrapped around the pillar. An awesome scene!

Some wild new drawings from our Drawing Time artist, Sean. I absolutely love the angle of the rocky hillside in the picture above....but just what is that curious creature nestling between the rocks? And how's the mad man with a gun for an arm in the drawing on the left? He wants to take over the world, but Ti-ti is stopping him with his skilfull sword manouvres.
Sean is a master of the cartoon, and clearly has a lot of fun with his drawings, which ( I think!) is the secret to becoming a Great Artist!

Kas

I wanted to grab this picture as soon as I saw it! Drawing Time artist, Kas, told me that he didn't like it for some strange reason, but he decided to finish it off before handing over for the blog. I love all the angles in this piece, there's something very mysterious about this drawing...is it a creature or a mechanical monster? I shall have to find out more from the artist.

Kas is the real creator of this picture, he drew the kangaroo leaping through the air. I completed it by filling in the body and drawing the palm trees. I love the way Kas has captured the movement of the leaping kangaroo, it's so amazing how the tail and the legs are so well angled to show the power in the movement. Well done, Kas! 

Tuff Nut and Remvsk

A terrifying cross between the Luna Park entrance and some horrific unfortunate monster! 
This is a collaboration between Tuff Nut and Remvsk, two artists who excel in cartooning.
Tuff Nut has been creating fantastic cartoons in Drawing Time for well over 18 months, and has been contributing to this blog in earlier posts under a different name. He has a wild imagination, and it's a real joy to see what lands on his paper every week. Keep the drawings coming, Tuff Nut, the world needs them! 
Remvsk tends to take most of his pictures away with him, which is why I have only this one to show off, but I dont blame him really. They're absolute treasures! 

Vajk

I love this picture! The little figure dwarfed by something HUGE! There is a giant bird inside that massive cloud of dust that is rising around it as it shoots off into the sky. If you look closely, you can see that the giant bird has gills, so can breathe underwater when necessary. The artist, Vajk, told me today that he couldn't understand why everyone liked this picture so much, so I explained to him that it could be because there is so much powerful movement in the way he has drawn the bird's take-off cloud, or the way he has shown how huge the bird is by the size of the human underneath, or maybe it's the techniques he uses: the pencil strokes, the spaces....for whatever reason, this drawing certainly has the power to fascinate the viewer. Keep up the drawing, Vajk! I think you are a great artist already, even though you are just six years old! I really mean that.

Abir

It's so wonderful having Abir as part of Drawing Time, I love the way he draws dinosaurs. Abir knows everything there is to know about dinosaurs. I have added a dinosaur encyclopedia to the Drawing Time library at Abir's request, so look out for even more dinosaurs on this blog. Fantastic drawings, Abir!

And check out these amazing pictures of birds in flight. I really think the colours in this one above look fabulous, beautifully coloured in, Abir.

My favourite owl is the barn owl. I was telling the boys a real story about a barn owl that my friend and I helped bring back to good health after it had been hit by a truck on a country road, and this is what Abir produced at the end of the session! He's really reproduced the features of the barn owl perfectly here.

Carlos Palmer

I show this amazing picture from Carlos Palmer upside down as well as right side up cos the hair looks so good both ways. Carlos has an extraordinary talent for drawing and ideas...check out the creatures below! Keep up the superb work, Carlos...I cant wait to see what lands on your paper tomorrow at Drawing Time.

These creatures are completely unbelievably "out there"!!

Carlos didn't trace these, though you would be forgiven for thinking he did. He used the Manga Cartoon book for ideas and mixed them up with his own, and came up with this amazing picture. Fantastic, Carlos!