Practice makes perfect

Some kids love the safety in colouring pictures. Others can't wait to get their hands on drawing and painting. I think it's time to slowly learn to draw and paint well. It's a matter of building their confidence.

Best Sunday Art - Kimble's rooster series (left) by Adele (right, freehand sketch and watercolours). A good attempt on shading and paintstrokes.

Kimble's rabbit folkart (left) by Adele (right, freehand sketch and watercolours)

Wolf sketch - partial penciling by Nasir, who is always up for a challenge

Sascalia Portraits by Aishah (freehand sketch with colour pencils)

Kimble's countryside (left) by Zul (freehand sketch with colour pencils)

Dinosaur - Zul, freehand sketch in colour pencils

My Teacher painted by Anita in poster colours. Good paint brush control on the pictures on the wall.

Fairy girl on swing - Mary (carbon tracing in colour pencils)

Flower girl with bird cage - Nabila (carbon tracing in poster colours)

Snow White by Jane (in color pencils)

Fairy girl colouring by Anna (in colour pencils)

Fairy girl colouring by Vemoshya (in colour pencils)

Spiderman colouring by Hanafi & Sofya(left), Zikri (right)

Spiderman colouring by Adam

Spiderman - colouring by Samson

The Incredibles - colouring by Vemosyha (right), Daniel (left)

Experimenting art media

Best Sunday New Art Media - Nasir and Zul (sketches on Newsweek paper on the left)



Best Freehand drawing: Kimble Lighthouse folkart (right) by Dhanan, with colour pencils (right)

Ganguin - Tahitian Village (left) by Zul (freehand with crayons), Tracing & colour pencils by Daniel

Van Gogh (left, clockwise) - Vemosyha (colour pencils), Zarif (poster colours), Anita (water colours)


Girl Portrait (left, original) by Mary (left, carbon tracing & colour pencils)

Dinasour colouring pages with poster colours - Adam and Hanafi

Best colouring pages: Jane and Mary
Mary (colour pencils)

Jane and Zarif (water colours)

Yugean(watercolours), Zikry (crayons)

Jane and Hakim (colour pencils)

An afternoon with the great little artists

Best Sunday Art - Miro (left) interpretations by Nabila (carbon tracing and poster colours)

Paul Klee (right) interpretation by Nabila (carbon tracing and poster colours)

Joan Miro Painting of Rooster "Le Coq" (right) - by Hakim (left, carbon tracing and colour pencils)

Franz Marc - Blue horse (left) by Mary (right, carbon tracing and colour pencils)

Warren Kimble - folk art (right) by Adam (left, freehand sketch and poster colours)

Tahitian village by Ganguin (left) - Yugean (right,carbon tracing and water colours)

Cezzane's still life (right) by Zul (freehand sketch and water colours)

Modigliani portrait (left) by Syikin (freehand and poster coliurs)

Starry nights and Working the fields by Van Gogh (left) by Nasir (right, carbon tracing and crayons/ colour pencils)


Picasso portrait (left) by Samson (right, freehand, with colur pencils)

Narnia Lion cards - Daniel, Jovan, Samson

Sundays in July - Learning from Great Artists

This month, we will be exploring several famous artists to get to know their creative styles and painting techniques. I hope sharing some of the world's famous art collections will inspire each one of them.

Best Sunday Art - Syikin's Tiger in a Tropical Storm by Henri Rousseau

Rousseau's tiger by Nabila

One of Monet's Water lilies masterpiece

Inspired by Monet - Zul

Modigliani's portrait (left) by Aishah (right)

My rusty watercolour attempt of Tiger in a Tropical Storm - Rousseau