Emma Hill

Monday, 31 January 2011

Another Wordless Picture Book, Foxly's Feast.

By Owen Davey.

I love this, it's simple, sweet and humorous . I also love the print technique.

Here are a few more illustrations from Owen's website

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I was talking to Vicky a teacher friend of mine about my story of Mimi in Itchycoo. Where my animals, situations and landscapes are totally random I worry about - what the point of it is - . She told me the story doesn't need many words. In fact it is great when there aren't, because then the children can stretch their imagination and find their own story.

She lent me this (almost) wordless picture book:

The flower Man, by Mark Lundy.

The foreword :

What happens when the Flower Man steps into a colourless World? Behind every window lies a different story in this unique wordless book. This is a tale of a humble man, full of life, his garden and his neighbours.

Enjoy getting to know the Uninspired Artist, the Bathtub Man, the Thief, the Lover, the Unloved Girl, the Snobs, the Wishing Boy and many others. - and of course the elusive squeakers on every page!

The Flower Man gives readers a bird's eye view of a sad, lonely town where the residents are isolated in their homes and on the street. Finding a rundown house for sale, the Flower Man moves in and begins to repair it. Members of the community ignore him and move about the town. They remain grey as the Flower Man and his house are illustrated in colour.

Gradually the Flower Man has contact with different people, offering them flowers and bringing colour to their lives (and the illustrations). These people then touch the lives of those around them. Eventually, the whole town is brighter, both in colour and in attitude. The characters smile and share with each other and eventually the Flower Man moves on to another place.

It seems like such a simple and yet clever way to do a story. I'm sure this would work with Mimi in her Land of Itchycoo.

Iris's Painting.

I love this.

This is what she called it:

Mummy , Daddy getting married, Daisy Iris giving pink and blue flowers before they go for a sleepover.

Sunday, 30 January 2011

Daisy and Iris's Messy Mosaic Madness!

This is something we made earlier.

Laying out the pattern

Tile smashing.

Getting started

Mix and fix.

My mucky pups!

Not sure why she insists on cleaning with a paintbrush?

Poor duck hiding under the sick. I had expected a messy table and a bit of mess over them, but what I hadn't considered was the spray and flicks of cement everywhere, what you can't see here is the trail on the floor and flicks up the wall on the way! I think the clearing up process takes longer than the actual thing!