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a learning journey shared

working through arts processes with people whatever age continues my own learning journey. 

unpredictable

ambiguous

risky

humorous

valuable

insightful

recent highlights listed below

year 2 take journeys in print. Thank your feet for carrying you

where do you keep your brain? y1 explore your face....

y5's retelling of Beowulf in symbol and sculpture

y6 sheltering figures drawing in the darkness

monoprint y3

above all THINK inside the sketchbook

Viking fragment

great review of' think'

latest amazon review
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Every aspect of this book has been painstakingly thought through and thus it is a complete triumph. There is such impressive attention to detail-from the tactile cover and quality of the paper, to the fact that the book's spine has been spiral bound, enabling the pages to lay flat for ease of use. (The artist can then select pages that inspire and refer back to them, as they work. Perfect.)
I have bought several copies of this book and have passed them on to friends. It really is one of those books that should be shared, so that its' creative ideas and influence spreads.

bradford beck

think inside the sketchbook flyer

'THINK INSIDE THE SKETCHBOOK'


                                   click here for flyer

philosophy

• “The creative mind plays with the things it loves.”
• Carl Jung

• “Genius is childhood regained at will”
• Baudelaire

curiosity, mystery, surprise
as long as we keep asking, we keep learning

How not to make orange

A beginner’s guide

Scenario; year 4 girl with statement for special educational needs works with support worker colour mixing.

Adult; ‘Right, it’s our job to make orange, what colours do you think we need to make orange?

Let’s start with yellow, what shall we add to yellow to make orange?’

Child picks up brush and heads straight for the blue

Adult; ‘remember, ( pause ) we are making orange

Child looks at the adult and without losing eye contact moves toward the black with the brush.

Adult, showing slight signs of panic in her voice, ‘Black? (pause) In yellow? ( tries to control her horror) Oh that would make a messy colour wouldn’t it?

Child still hasn’t said anything or made a mark on the paper

Adult; how about you trying some red?

Child dips in red and mixes orange

Adult breathes sigh of relief and says to the child, ‘Yes, well done you did it!’

Objective achieved?

this is the heart line

burned into a playground

this is the line down which you may run

a line for chasing

a line that

we will remember

crossing

fragments