New Garner Mask

Well, today is the last day of our summer holidays. Tomorrow first term classes resume, and I am looking forward to seeing what my fellow artists have been up to over the break. I am hoping to see some sketchbooks from travels, drawings and ideas from what they have seen and maybe a few photos.

Those who follow this blog know I have been working on artworks based on the books of Alan Garner over the past few months. Last week I completed another mask based on his book The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, which was a great read and lots of fun with creepy monsters and noble heroes. 

The subject for this mask is the Svart Alfar of the Morthbrood - sort of goblin-like critters that chase the hero children and generally are pretty scary. He was fun to create! Again, I used the Paper Magiclay with acrylic overpainting and a gloss varnish - same process as used in the earlier Owl Mask a couple of posts ago. Here is the result:

Hope you enjoy! Send me a comment and let me know what you think! See ya'!

All About Soccer

 After the recent FIFA World Cup there is a lot of interest out there in the world's best football game. Looking for the perfect reading gift for a soccer mad child or grandchild? Here is a huge shout out for the newly published book 'All About Soccer' from Capstone Publishing. Perfect for the 5 - 8-year-old range, (but it is a great read for any age!), it is loaded with soccer fun and crazy facts in 32 stunning up-close photo filled pages, written by the children's author,
Colette Weil-Parrinello

'Read All About Soccer' by Colette Weil-Parrinello

Available from: Amazon or Barnes and Noble

Colette is the author of children's books and magazine articles. She is passionate about encouraging kids to read and loves to find subjects that will engage them. She writes adventure, mystery, environmental fiction, non-fiction and magazine articles that will take them on amazing journeys and explore activities around the world.

And she just so happens to be my special and best-loved sister!

Sample double page spread - full of color and action!

Classes 2023

Hope everyone is enjoying their summer break - and maybe doing a drawing or two to show me in a couple of weeks? Classes at Mentone Mordialloc Art Group (MMAG) and The Victorian Artists Society (VAS) resume at the end of this month/start of February. VAS is fully booked, wait list applies but there are still spots open at MMAG.

See you soon!