Have you ever dreamed of being an interior designer? Then why not make a start in your own room. Funky Fitout has 20 fabulous ideas to get you started. You could paint an awesome rainbow wall (better check with mum and dad first), make a cool lampshade or some cushions in the shape of butterflies, clouds [...]

Are you into creating monster characters in your active imagination? There’s this cool book called How to Draw Monster Battles by Marc McBride that will help put your imagination onto paper. It has lots of good tips on how to draw and create monsters and even has some information about the ones he has already [...]

Tēnā koutou e hoa mā,
As part of Māori language week, our friends at the Newlands Community Centre have 2 sessions to learn how to make putiputi (flowers) with harakeke (flax).
You will learn;
A karakia
basic harvesting techniques and tikanga,
How to make three types of putiputi
At least 10 kupu Māori (Maori words).
When? Thursday 30th July 6pm to 7.15pm [...]

Have you been to the Monet exhibition at Te Papa yet? I’m going tomorrow. There are some amazing paintings there at the moment. Don’t wait! The exhibition finishes on the 17th of May. Check out the Te Papa website for information.
 
If you’re really into art but you don’t have a lot of time (or any [...]

Festival Blastoff! New Zealand’s biggest arts festival for children kicks off on Saturday in a flurry of colour, creativity and fun. It runs until Saturday 21 March. Check out the Capital E website for more details.
Date and Time: Sat 7 March, 11am – 3pm
Venue: Illot Green Marquee (right beside Capital E)
Price: Free
Age: Everyone
Duration: As long [...]

Vincent van Gogh was a Dutch artist in the 1800s. His most famous paintings are ‘The Starry Night’ & ‘Sunflowers’.
He became a painter in 1880 & died in 1890. In the last 10 years of his life he finished 900 paintings as well as 1100 drawings & sketches. Unfortunately, Vincent wasn’t very happy and he killed [...]

You can simpsonize yourself on the Simpsons Movie website.
When you’ve got your looks just right you can save the avatar and you can email it to your friends!
 

Hey guys, ever wanted to make your own comic strip? Try these two places on the website: http://www.toondoo.com and
http://www.comicstripgenerator.com/maker.asp .
 
You can publish your own cartoons. I know you guys are talented and will have lots of great creative ideas!

Leonardo da Vinci wasn’t just a painter: he liked gadgets, and he drew incredible flying, war and nautical machines. You can see these incredible inventions come to life at the Leonardo da Vinci Machines Exhibition, which is on at the New Zealand Gallery of Fine Art. Check out the website – it’s got photos of the exhibition, [...]

Do you often find yourself making doodly figures or characters sometimes? Or would you like to create a cartoony character but don’t know how to go about it? Why don’t you try some cartooning books in the library? Draw Cartoons by  Noel Ford, Pete Dredge, Steve Chadburn has loads of stuff that can help you [...]