Headless Schoolgirl by Vivienne Hargreaves

Vivienne, this drawing is priceless! How on earth did you ever think of this? Sooooo Spoooooky!! That dress is simply fabulous, and the hands emerging from the sleeves...toooo creeepy!! I love it. Please, more of your drawings for the blog! Thank-you!

Sian's codes.

Sian Tija Hennessy, in her customary manner of creative invention, has made up a code using her very own designer hieroglyphics! Took me a while but I got it! Can you? Let us know if you unearth the secret code....

Lauren Hargreaves

How awesome is this picture by Lauren?! Fingers crooked to the right....so simple and yet so incredibly full of significance somehow. That middle thumb looks just like mine! Lauren, you have a rare talent in coming up with the most unique creations!! Congratulations!

These creatures are soooo mysterious! Looking up and down at each other, with such strange looks on their faces. Is it that they're not smiling that makes them look so mysterious? I am left wondering about the story behind this picture.... there must be something fishy going on! Lauren, I absolutely love your drawings! I hope you can tell me the secret behind this particular drawing if there is one!

Carly Flint

How gorgeous is this picture???!!! I absolutely love it, so much that I could almost eat it! Everything looks so deliciously colourful, thanks to Carly's amazing artistic skills. Carly is a very dedicated artist, she will not move on in a picture until she has made sure that every detail is exactly as she wants. This is an absolutely vital skill in practising how to become a masterful drawer. Congratulations Carly!

New Writing Club for Girls Only!

Tia Perry

Tia is such a wonderful artist to have in the Drawing Time club. Look at these incredible drawings...the detail and the colouring for a start show us just how dedicated Tia is as an artist. We were lucky enough to have Tia exhibit these pictures to the whole club last term, and explain in person how and why she used these subjects, etc. Tia is one of those artists who sees an accident or mistake not as a failure in adhering to the original plan, but an opportunity to change direction and take the picture to a whole new level. I'm so impressed with your drawing, Tia, and am looking forward to seeing what you'll come up with this next term. Congratulations! By the way, Tia, please feel free to add further comments and descriptions to this post, I'd be delighted to have you share your amazing ideas to an audience beyond the girls' club.

Elli

Elli is very experimental in her art practice. If you look closely at the picture above, you can see Elli has actually rubbed colour over the contours of leaves that she collected outdoors. I can see a geranium leaf shape on the left, isn't it beautiful? I love watching the way Elli proceeds with her art pieces, she is very talented indeed!

Jedda Selke collaborates with the girls at Drawing Time

Jedda and Natalie

Jedda and Emily

Jedda and Greta (detail)

Jedda Selke is a trained art therapist and practising artist, who joined the Girls Drawing Time early this year....and we are all so happy that she is with us.It's obvious from looking at her collaborations with the girls that Jedda = happy and imaginitively beautiful art!

More will be posted within the next month... Jedda collaborates with one, two or sometimes even three girls at one half hour sitting, so there are usually three stunning pieces of art at the end of each weekly session.

Jedda, Lucy and Lauren

Jedda and ??? I shall find out who the amazing artist is who collaborated on this one with Jedda, and post it ASAP!

Girls Drawing Club March 2011

Collaboration between Olivia, Llana and Mars.

In collaborations, anything goes. We tend to bounce off each other as we all draw at once on the same page...
The following images show just what appears in just one session of Girls' Drawing Time, revealing what a truly relaxing and lovely experience it is to draw all together in one room, a place free of constraints and instruction, a place where imaginations can fire up and inspire and express freely, where art magic happens!

The above piece is being created by Edie Benjamin. Note also the mark of a true artist: she's drawn on her hand!

Below: Elli's hands after working on a particularly atmospheric artpiece. The smudges of a true artist!

And below again, check out the poetry that can magically appear in Drawing Time! Greta was good enough to read out her poem to the rest of the girls...what a treat! An all-rounder artist for sure, her poem was absolutely amazing, conjuring up images of the sea so strongly that we could almost smell the salty waves! Natalie was so inspired by Greta's poetry that she began her own composition, that was just as beautifully evocative as Greta's! 

Below is Llana's broken heart artpiece. Love it!

Llana - island piece

How gorgeous is this masterpiece?

I absolutely love this one... I want to be there in that hammock, soaking up that luscious scenery. Llana, you have brought back beautiful memories for me in this picture. I am reminded of sharing a hammock with three local girls on the island of Ko Tao, Thailand, on a beautiful sunny warm day, the giant inviting blue ocean and cloudless sky...I love the composition and the colours, and the three happy little heads...what a ripper of a drawing, congratulations!

Llana

This is such a beautiful and sad image, Llana. I really want to know how you came to draw this one, what were you thinking about while you were drawing? Is she going down or up? I absolutely love it!

Lefo

Well, this is Lefo's work. It's not hard to work out who Lefo is anymore. I think this writing of her own name is incredibly beautiful. Go up close on it and check out the detail!

Nimu Laratro

I absolutely love the way Nimu has coloured in every part of this amazing picture. What a beautiful piece of art. Nimu has returned to drawing Time after some time off, and we're very happy to see what will be landing on her pages in the club. Congratulations, Nimu!

Molly Drum

Molly is a fantastic artist from Strathfieldsaye, near Bendigo, Victoria. She has been kind enough to agree to filling our Online Guest Drawing Time Artist spot this term. I'm delighted , of course, just look at the attention Molly has paid to every detail of Alvin the Chipmink above, and Theodore below. She's got those cheeky chipmunk smiles down perfectly, and the glints in the eyes. Fabulous drawings, Molly! Looking forward to drawing with you in a couple of weeks when I visit Bendigo, and trying out those exciting textas of yours that Ive heard about just recently!

Oh, and Happy Birthday for today too!

Lillian Gutteridge

Lillian has a real love and talent for drawing many different kinds of animals, not just horses! Here we can see that Lillian has really developed her own unique personal style in these beautiful illustrations of barn owls. I love the way she has crossed the branches over each other, giving us the deeper perspective, and the heart shaped faces of the two barn owls with their eyes looking sideways is wonderful!

 I love the way Lillian has depicted this owl flying through the clouds. It really looks so happy and calm. 

Lovely pieces of art, once again, Lillian!

Ingrid Hollis

Wow! Ingrid joined the Drawing Time club at the start of last term...she's only seven years of age, and just look at what she is capable of creating! The picture on the left is called "Rain Spell", and I do believe that we've had a pretty constant downfall ever since she drew this picture just three weeks ago. How could it not rain after such a picture was created? There's so many raindrops in there, and don't the plants look happy! I'm not sure what the picture on the right is about but I love it! There's so much to see in there, if you click on it, you will see what I mean. Looking forward to seeing more of Ingrid's work this term.

Carly Flint

Carly Flint has shown through her beautiful drawings that she has a keen eye for detail and colour. She is willing to challenge herself regularly in her drawing, which is why she has become such a talented artist already. Keep up the drawing practice, Carly...you really have developed a unique and wonderful style for yourself... This cat is a real beauty, I especially love the colour and the spots and the whiskers and the way you have included all the legs, even though it is front on! Well done!

Sian Redle Icefire

What a gorgeous picture by our long-term artist, Sian Redle Icefire! Just by looking at this picture, I already feel that I'm at the beach, sweating under the hot sun, and ready to jump into the sea. A splendid piece, Sian!

Alien picture for Mars by Bridget Johnson

Bridget Johnson is about to turn nine years old. She lives in the Wimmera district of Victoria, and joined the Drawing Time club at the tender age of eight months, when she first discovered her talent for drawing. Bridget  practises her art on a daily basis, which is why she is such an accomplished artist at such a young age. 

Freya Van Dyke Goodman