Jan
10
2012

sketchfun
If you have talked to me for any length of time, you know that I push into all sorts of areas of art exploration. I recently went to the craft store and purchased my latest creation, of course he was just a blank keychain at the time, but after painting and adding some touches with [...]
Tags: chain, dino, dinosaur, figure, fun, key, marker, miniature, paint, triceratops
Nov
25
2011

sketchfun
Last week, as all of the classes have been combining specials to work on the Christmas play, I did get a chance to do ‘some’ teaching. I asked the question: ‘…if you were an animal, what would you be?…’ I think our zoos will be very unique, but I wanted some of you to bring [...]
Tags: animal, avian, creativity, dinosaur, fantasy animals, mammal, personal expression, what
May
18
2011

sketchfun
We learned about the Ankylosaurus, and how that is translated as “stiff-lizard”. Mainly because of it’s massive armor plating. We had fun establishing the patterns of its heavy scales, and explored the use of curved lines, squared-lines or triangular lines for the shape of its armor. We also learned about utilizing a circle shape to [...]
Tags: ankylosaurus, armor, dinosaur, pattern, shapes