Come along to our free drawing class at Johnsonville Library this week on Friday 14 November at 6.30pm.
Joyce is back again to show us some new drawing techniques. Last month we were shown how to draw beautiful swans using paint. Make sure you come along to see what is in store for us this month.
Duck waddled. Duck quacked. Duck ate grass. Duck napped. All is well in the farmyard…until…. ”Help! I’m stuck!” quacks Duck! None of the farmyard animals can free Duck. None that is, except for crafty Rat. But does Rat have an alterior motive….?
You can find a fabulous feathery parade of bright yellow ducks right now at Central Library and at Island Bay Community Center. And if you look very closely, you might just find a certain crafty Rat. These bright and dynamic sculptures have been created by the brilliant children at Tawa school and Clifton Tce Model School.
It is part of Wellington City Libraries Books Go Arty With Kyle Mewburn Exhibition. The exhibition is on at Island Bay, Karori and Central Libraries until the 14th of November. Don’t forget to check it out!
Check out some of the cool entries we’ve already received for the Crafty Kyle Competition:
The Crafty Kyle Competition is part of the Books Go Arty sculpture exhibition that’s touring Wellington City Libraries. The exhibition is currently at Newtown, Brooklyn, and Cummings Park (Ngaio) Libraries. Pop in to see all the cool sculptures made by Wellington school children based on books written by Kyle Mewburn and pick up a competition entry form while you’re there. The competition ends on November 14th.
Remember to come along to Johnsonville Library for this month’s free drawing class.
Friday 10th October at 6.30pm
Joyce will be along to teach us a new drawing technique. Last month we created beautiful rainbow pictures.
I can’t wait to see what she has for us this month.
It was all the colours of the rainbow at our free drawing class at Johnsonville Library last Friday night.
Joyce showed us some simple steps for painting and then we were all given paper, brushes and paints to create our own beautiful rainbow masterpieces.
Our next free drawing class will be on Friday 10th October at 6.30pm so make sure you come along for some arty fun!
Come along to Johnsonville Library to join Joyce for a fun session of drawing and art and for your chance to create your own masterpiece.
These are free sessions that are suitable for children over the age of 5 years. Bookings not required – just turn up!
Friday 12th September at 6.30pm
Everyone is sad when Old Hu-Hu dies, but little Hu-Hu-Tu is the saddest of all. Sad and confused. Where has Old Hu-Hu gone? Why isn’t he here? Hu-Hu-Tu asks his friends, but their answers are strange and confusing. Hu-Hu-Tu is alone and inconsolable. But as the sun dawns on a new day, Hu-Hu-Tu reaches an understanding about Old Hu-Hu’s death. Hu-Hu-Tu realises he must live life to the fullest, just as Old-Hu-Hu would have wanted him to do.
Right now you can find Hu-Hu-Tu all set for a new adventure at Johnsonville Library. He has been crafted by students at Churton Park school. Check out Hu-Hu’s enormous eyes and long antennae , he looks just as though he has stepped out of the book – but in giant size!
by Fiona Markwell
Tawa and Miramar Libraries will be hosting the Books Go Arty exhibition for another few days. Come and read the books written by Kyle Mewburn and see the sculptures inspired by his books. Scavenger Hunt game, Crafty Kyle Competition, jigsaw puzzles, special story times… Don’t miss all this fun!
KISS KISS! on the right cheek, KISS KISS! on the left cheek…. YUCK! YUCK! cries Andy who just can’t escape Auntie Elsie’s sloppy kisses fast enough. Andy hides from Aunty Elsie in the most ingenious places, but Aunty Elsie always finds him, and delivers another two fat, sloppy smooches every time.
But one day, Auntie Elsie doesn’t visit. Andy realizes that perhaps the sloppy smackers weren’t quite so bad after all…
Come and see Newtown School’s brilliant 3D sculpture of Andy and Auntie Elsie at Miramar Library, where it will be on display until August 21st. They are part of Wellington City Libraries “Books Go Arty With Kyle Mewburn” children’s sculpture exhibition. The amazing Newtown School sculptors have smothered Andy and Auntie Elsie in bright red sloppy kisses. They have used papier mache, cardboard tubes, bamboo garden sticks and many more to show the warm and special relationship between the two.
by Fiona Markwell
Check out the photos of last week amazing event “Books Go Arty” at Central Library. Kyle Mewburn came all the way from Central Otago last Tuesday and Wednesday to meet the classes who had created sculptures based on his books. Classes from Karori Normal, Clifton Terrace, Newtown and Mount Cook had the chance to meet Kyle Mewburn, ask him lots of questions and play a Scavenger Hunt game. The sculptures based on Blue Gnu, Dinosaur rescue, Duck is stuck, Chick is sick, A crack in the sky, Melu, Kiss Kiss Yuck Yuck were honored by their creators…
