Cartooning fun

Eden has become interesting in cartooning, so her dad started her off with a few lessons. She then got quite a lot of books out of the library, and specifically enjoys the manga style of cartooning. Her enthusiasm has rubbed off on Niamh and Ciara too, who did a lot of their own cartooning too.
Eden practising.
Eden used some of her dad's art supplies to create the above and below cartoons, the markers really makes a difference in giving it a more professional look.

The manga style has affected a lot of her portraits(which she does on a daily basis), with either sketch or paint.


Two more examples of what she has created with markers and ink.




Ciara's superhero cartoon. Niamh made some really good cartoons, unfortunately she stuck them up in her bedroom so as yet I have not taken photos of them!

Autumn painting

I thought that we should grab the opportunity to do some autumn crafts, it is such an artistically evocative time of the year with so many crafting possibilities too.
Ciara choosing some autumn colours.
Niamh's finished autumn tree.

Eden wanted to experiment with the paints herself and come up with some lovely pictures.

Family reading time

After reading a large number of Christian biographies together, we have picked up a fictional series which Grant and Linda gave to Eden for her birthday. She has read them, but enjoys listening to me reading them a second time around, and it is so much fun for all the others to get to hear it too. The first book was extremely gripping for us all, albeit very scary towards the end. The second book is quite surreal and I can understand how Eden gets more out of me reading, and stopping along the way with explanation. We haven't got to the third one yet.
And Eden, Niamh and Ciara love to draw while I read, so they get lots of practice nearly every night.
Pirates, by Eden.
Swan, by Eden.