The fox was a bridge too far.

Our six-year-old grandson is staying with us for a few days, and knowing how fond he is of art I’ve prepared several projects we can do together. We had a good drawing session yesterday, and this morning we tried modelling with clay–with mixed results. My plan was for us to both do hedgehogs, because we … Read more

Turning everything upside- down

Our six year old grandson arrived today to spend three days with us. I can promise you that nothing will be “normal” again until his parents collect him on Friday. It was gratifying that the first thing he said when he came through the door was, “When can we paint?” The first session this evening … Read more

Children and art

I spent most of this morning helping out at a holiday project for local children based in our local Baptist church. My contribution was not particularly onerous, and didn’t demand any great artistic ability, but it was fun. (I was helping them to paint their own designs on beach bags.) It is a long time … Read more