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!